Banzhou Tusi's participation in the battle and repeated ambushes against the Chu army not only angered the top brass of the Ningxia army led by Liu Fangming, but also angered Su Dingyuan, the supreme commander of the battlefield.

In particular, many toasts, including a large number of Yunnan toasts, chose to stand on Sun Kewang's side in this civil war, which made Su Dingyuan, who was already full of hostility to toast, even more determined to do something to toast.

Therefore, Su Dingyuan directly announced in the name of the supreme commander of the Chu army on the Guizhou battlefield that he would launch a retaliatory massacre against the Tusi who stood on the side of the Qin army, and put his people on the list of killings, and offered a reward - anyone who killed a Tusi soldier could get two taels of silver!

Under the stimulus of the silver two, some of the neutral toasts in the war also stood up, and they expressed their willingness to assist Wang Shi to defeat those barbaric toasts to the Chu army, Su Dingyuan did not refuse their request, and immediately agreed.

Immediately, the Tusi of Yunnan and Guizhou were clearly divided into two factions, one faction resolutely stood on the side of the Qin army and assisted in attacking the Chu army, and the other faction became the mercenary army of the Chu army, fighting the hostile Tusi for the Chu army, and as a leading party, opening up this unknown area for the Chu army.

"The Chu army is coming, hide it for me!"

In the bushes next to a river, several Tusi soldiers allied with the Qin army hid in the dense bushes that were a full man tall with weapons in hand, staring intently at the quietly flowing river.

After a few days of observation, they found that this small river was the main water intake place of the Chu army, so a few of them lurked here, wanting to surprise the Chu army.

What they didn't know was that behind them, several Tusi soldiers allied with the Chu army were also hiding behind their backs and staring at them, and the poisonous arrows in their hands had already been put on the bowstring, eager to try—it could really be described as a praying mantis catching cicadas, and the yellow finch was behind.

It didn't take long for a group of Chu soldiers to walk into the sight of these Tusi soldiers carrying large and small wooden barrels, this Chu army squad had a total of ten people, three of them were standing guard with flintlock pistols equipped with bayonets in their hands, and the other seven were talking and laughing while filling the barrels with water.

Seeing that the Chu army began to load water, the Tusi soldiers who had been ambushed in advance immediately released their bowstrings and shot the arrows stained with poison at the Chu soldiers on the shore.

After only a few whooshing sounds, one of the soldiers on guard was killed on the spot by an arrow in the neck, and the other two guards reacted quickly and dodged the arrows that were fired at them, and one of them shouted: "Attacked!" ”

As soon as the words fell, he and his comrades raised their guns and fired in the direction where the arrows were flying, while the seven bare-handed soldiers behind him hurriedly put down the buckets and ran towards the guns placed on the ground on the shore.

Before they could get their weapons, they heard several screams and the muffled sound of a heavy object falling to the ground in the bushes.

Several soldiers did not dare to act rashly, and those who got their weapons hurriedly loaded their rifles with ammunition, and another person went to check on the only unlucky man who had been hit by an arrow.

At this moment, the bushes staggered and moved, and out of it came several blood-stained Yiren, who held weapons in one hand and bloody human heads in the other.

As soon as the leader came out, he shouted loudly in standard Chinese: "My own people! We're from the Kerry Pacification Division, don't shoot! ”

As soon as they heard that it was the people of the Kaili Pacification Division who cooperated with the Chu army, the soldiers of the Chu army looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief, and the muzzles of the guns aimed at them were also lowered a little, but they did not fully believe each other just in case, and they still retained a little vigilance.

The other party's hearts were also worried, they were worried that these Chu troops would not target their heads worth two taels of silver, and directly gave them a wave of black and black - this is not impossible, with their understanding of the military discipline of the Ming army in the past, this kind of thing can be said to be commonplace......

The first time they cooperated with Chu Jun, they didn't know each other's style very well, so it was naturally normal to have this worry. Error-free updates @

However, those Chu soldiers had no intention of eating black, they just glanced at the head in the hands of the Yi people with resentment, and then carried away the bodies of their comrades who were shot dead on the spot, and returned to the camp with buckets full of water.

Seeing that the Chu army had no intention of doing anything to them, those Yi people breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and cautiously followed behind the Chu army, and returned to the camp together to find the Chu army to receive the reward-since Su Dingyuan issued the reward, many Yi people carried hostile toasts every day. (This chapter is not finished!) )

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of the first class to run to receive the prize.

What's funny is that there are actually some Tusi who are allied with the Qin army who covet this reward, eat black and black on the theoretical allies, and then carry their heads in exchange for money, although the Chu army found out about this, but did not expose it, but turned a blind eye.

This led to an ironic consequence, after killing many allied troops in succession, these toasts who had beaten their allies were finally discovered, and the betrayed toasts were furious and withdrew from the confrontation between Qin and Chu and turned to war with the betrayers.

Unintentionally, the Chu army only paid some silver without any premeditation, and successfully caused the Qin army alliance to start an internal strife between the Tusi of the alliance......

This really gave Su Dingyuan a surprise to them, and also gave them inspiration on the method of breaking up the alliance of the Qin army, although Su Dingyuan hated Tusi, but in order to reduce the casualties of the Chu army, he still sent envoys to launch a monetary offensive against the Tusi allied with the Qin army.

Although most of the Tusi are forgetful of profit and righteousness, there are still some Tusi leaders who understand the truth of cold lips and teeth, and they do not think that without the threat of the Qin army, the great enemy, the Chu army will mercifully let them go of these Tusi who were once enemies.

In March, while the Chu army was still mired in the quagmire of the Tusi War in Guizhou, it was far away in Yunnan, the base camp of the Qin army, and after a long journey, Li Mingzhong, Marquis of Haikang, finally led his army to break out of the valley bottom and enter Yunnan. Initial Update@

The Tusi in southern Yunnan were the first to discover this Chu army like a divine soldier descending from heaven, but before they could report the enemy situation to Lin'an Mansion, the Guangxi wolf soldiers under Li Mingzhong directly and mercilessly wiped out this Tusi.

In order to be able to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, they came all the way and killed many people, each with blood on their hands, and after entering the territory of Yunnan, they were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

But this is only temporary.

After resting for a night in the exterminated Tusi Cottage, Li Mingzhong continued to lead his army over the mountains and mountains to kill Lin'an Prefecture to govern and build Shuizhou.

The soldiers under his command are all natives of Liangguang, and they have long been accustomed to crossing mountains and mountains, and thick calluses have grown on the soles of their feet, and they are like walking on the ground when climbing mountains.

Therefore, in less than half a month, the Chu army led by Li Mingzhong marched from the border to the outside of Lin'an Mansion, broke through the city gate in one fell swoop, and entered the mansion.

At first, the soldiers and civilians in Lin'an City thought that it was the daily crime of the Annan monkeys in the south, thinking that as long as they gathered soldiers and horses, they could easily repel them, but after they assembled, they saw the Chu army flag flying high, and everyone was suddenly stupid.

And then, there is no then.

Although the Lin'an defenders could easily deal with the Annan people who had been violating the border all year round, they were easily defeated after only holding out for less than a moment under the charge of the notorious Guangxi wolf soldiers.

Immediately, the banner of the Chu army was hung on the city wall of Lin'an, and the prefect of Lin'an fled north alone when the city was broken, spreading the bad news of the Chu army from the south to Yunnan Mansion (Kunming).

Wang Ziqi, who stayed in Yunnan Mansion, and He Jiuyi, who was seriously injured and recuperating, hurriedly reported to Guiyang after getting the news, Wang Ziqi counted the soldiers and horses of his headquarters and prepared to go south to garrison in Pengjiang Mansion to prevent the Chu army from directly attacking the provincial capital, and He Jiuyi, who was barely able to walk on the ground, stayed to defend the provincial capital.

The news also reached the ears of Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo, who stayed in Yunnan, although he was gradually squeezed out of the power center by Sun Kewang after the Great Western Army entered Yunnan, but the Duke of Qianguo has guarded Yunnan for generations, and he still retains great influence in Yunnan.

After learning that the Chu army had entered Yunnan, Mu Tianbo was overjoyed, and immediately recruited his cronies, preparing to plot to start an incident in the provincial capital, kill He Jiuyi, and respond to the Chu army.

With Mu Tianbo's influence, as long as he raises his arms and exhales, not to mention that all places will respond positively, there must be something that can reduce the resistance of the Chu army's Northern Expedition.

Moreover, those Tusi who were loyal to the Qianguo Mansion would also join the battle against Sun Kewang.

However, Mu Tianbo's expectation that the Chu army was overwhelmed did not happen, the fact is that Li Mingzhong's army went deep alone and did not have enough supplies, although he received some supplements after taking Lin'an Mansion.

However, the grain and grass reserves in Lin'an Mansion did not completely alleviate the plight of the Chu army's lack of food, and Sun Kewang had been running Yunnan for many years, although it was not deep-rooted, but it was still able to make many military horses struggle to resist the depth of the Chu army.

Li Mingzhong repaired in Lin'an Mansion. (This chapter is not finished!) )

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After a few days, they continued to go north, and along the way they were hostile to the local military horses, and after the Chu army left Lin'an Mansion, the people in the palace actually rose up, knocked down the banner of the Chu army, and replaced it with the banner of Sun Kewang.

At this time, Li Mingzhong and his subordinates had no way to retreat and became a lone army trapped in Yunnan. @精华\/Shuge*First update~~

But this did not make Li Mingzhong feel desperate and have the idea of surrendering to the Qin army, he knew that as long as he took Yunnan Province, he could complete his strategic goal and gain a firm foothold in Yunnan.

He then decided to break the kettle and fight against the water, and ordered the whole army to throw away the extra items, keep only the ten-day rations, and gallop towards Yunnan Province.

Li Mingzhong's movements naturally couldn't escape Wang Ziqi's eyes, and after he learned that Li Mingzhong had such a broken order, he smiled at the left and right generals:

"Li Mingzhong's courage is commendable, but his lone army is deep, unless the army is all possessed by divine soldiers, how can he break my soldiers who are waiting for work?"

The generals on the left and right all echoed: "What the general said is very true, Li Mingzhong has traveled through mountains and rivers, and has come from afar, and the sergeants and soldiers of the army are exhausted, so there is no need to worry, as long as our army crusades, it will inevitably collapse at the first touch." ”

"Yes, among the more than 10,000 in our army, Li Mingzhong's soldiers are only 5,000, and the men and horses are tired, it is obvious who wins and who loses."

Listening to the echo of the generals on the left and right, Wang Ziqi laughed loudly, he clenched his fists hard, and said: "Ten thousand against five thousand, the advantage is mine!" ”。

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