Nanning Mansion, Baishan Tusi.

It is located in the central region of Guangxi, surrounded by the Yongjiang River, separated by mountains, and stacked mountains, which is an excellent terrain.

Here lives the largest toast in Guangxi, the Baishan Tusi Department.

Unlike the toasts near Hepu County, the Baishan toasts are very large, even with 200,000 people.

These people have been married to the surrounding Tusi for generations, and they are respected by the surrounding Tusi, and every Tusi in Guangxi has to pay a large amount of materials to the Baishan Department every year in exchange for the protection of the Baishan Ministry.

It can be said that Baishanbu is the uncrowned king of Guangxi Tusi.

Ruan Xiufeng, the patriarch of the Tusi of the Baishan Tribe, was recognized by the Ming Dynasty as the general judge of Nanning Prefecture.

It's just that this name Ruan Xiufeng is just a remote leader, he has never been to Nanning Mansion as a duty once, and Nanning Mansion has never been a real prefect.

Without Ruan Xiufeng's mansion, there is actually no need to exist, because if something really happens in Nanning Mansion, they all have to go to the Baishan Department and let Ruan Xiufeng preside over justice.

Ruan Xiufeng's words are more effective than those of the Ming Dynasty government.

But all this changed after Li Jin arrived in Hepu County.

Before Li Jin arrived, both Hepu County and Qinzhou Prefecture Tusi were under the jurisdiction of the Baishan Ministry.

However, after a flood, Li Jin first used work for relief, and a large amount of free grain was given out, causing all the Tusi of Hepu County to gather around Pu County.

Even some Tusi from Nanning Prefecture were tempted by Li Jin and went to Hepu County in order to eat more free food.

Originally, Ruan Xiufeng didn't care, after all, although these toasts had gone to Hepu County now, after the grain in Hepu County was eaten, they would come back sooner or later and return to their own hands.

But what he didn't expect was that Li Jin made a move to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle and directly arrested the leaders of many Tusi tribes and sent them to Beijing.

This move almost left more than 100,000 natives around Hepu County.

These natives were favored by Li Jin, coupled with Li Jin's policy of cashing in for work and distributing land for free, which firmly attracted these natives to Hepu County.

Ruan Xiufeng didn't expect Li Jin to play so badly, and directly sent several spies to Hepu County to publicize the news of the killing of the head man and encourage the natives to rebel.

It's just Ruan Xiufeng's means, but it is to let Li Jin see through it, directly arrest his own spies, and even confess himself.

Thinking that Li Jin would be annoyed and angry and come to find trouble for himself, Ruan Xiufeng even planned to mobilize a large army and fight with Li Jin to re-establish his position as the Tusi in Guangxi.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that Li Jin was indifferent and turned a blind eye to himself at all.

After observing for several months, he found that Li Jin really had no intention of making trouble for himself, so Ruan Xiufeng forgot about it and continued to live his life as an emperor.

On this day, Ruan Xiufeng was taking a few Tusi leaders to inspect his territory, but his second brother Ruan Xiulin in Nanning Mansion ran back in a panic.

"Second brother, you are not in Nanning Mansion, why are you in such a hurry to come back?"

Ruan Xiufeng's face was full of doubts, and there was a faint annoyance in his eyes, his second brother was proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, if it wasn't for his own brother, he would have been thrown into the Yongjiang River to feed the fish a long time ago.

Now he is just letting him act as an eyeliner for himself in the city, and now he dares to run back without authorization, which is simply not a proper job.

But Ruan Xiulin still looked frightened at the moment, and the fear in his eyes seemed to overflow.

"Big... Big brother, it's not that I'm coming back, it's that the Ming Dynasty sent a large army to come, and it's about to arrive in Guangxi! ”

"What?"

Ruan Xiufeng still hated iron and steel just now, but after hearing this, it was like five thunders hitting the top, making him only feel that five thunders were hitting the top.

"How many people are coming from the Ming army?"

"No... I don't know. ”

"What are they doing here? Is it aimed at our Hakusan Division? ”

"I don't know..."

"Rubbish!!"

Ruan Xiufeng kicked Ruan Xiulin's wreckage out and asked him to act as an eyeliner for himself in Nanning to find out the news.

It turns out that now I don't know what to ask and don't know, it's just a waste of rice!!

"Chief Ruan, it is imperative to send someone to inquire about the news immediately."

A leader hurriedly grabbed the furious Ruan Xiufeng and persuaded:

"If the army is overwhelmed by then, I am afraid that it will be a catastrophe for us and others, so we must quickly figure out the situation so as not to be caught off guard."

Ruan Xiufeng retracted his gaze fiercely, and then arched his hand at the person who spoke, and said:

"Thank you Leader Xia for reminding me, I almost delayed the big event because of this waste."

"I originally wanted to entertain Chief Xia today, but now it seems that I'm afraid it's going to be next time, and I hope that Chief Xia won't blame."

"Where, where."

The leader surnamed Xia hurriedly waved his hand, indicating that it was okay, and then took the initiative to leave:

"Ruan Shou takes the lead in dealing with family affairs, and there will be more opportunities to get together in the future, so I will leave first."

Ruan Xiufeng sent all the leaders away with a smile, and after all these people left, the smile on Ruan Xiufeng's face was immediately taken back.

"A bunch of wallgrass that sees the wind and rudders, hum!!"

Toast is just a fragile alliance, and they marry each other just to protect themselves.

But when an enemy is unmatched, these people are also the fastest runners.

After all, the alliance is too fragile, and only the interests are eternal.

Now the Ming Dynasty has sent a large army to come, presumably for this White Mountain Department.

Although the Baishan Department is also extremely powerful, in front of the huge Ming Dynasty, it is like a mayfly looking at the blue sky, which is not worth mentioning at all.

In the previous incident in Hepu County, many leaders naturally knew what was going on?

Li Jin has clearly laid a foundation in Hepu County, and they don't dare to provoke Li Jin, but these people have also heard of the stumbling block that the Baishan Department gave Li Jin.

The Ming Dynasty sent a large army, nine times out of ten it was to deter the White Mountain Department, if there is any wind and grass in the White Mountain Department, I am afraid that it will be ushered in by a thunderous blow.

These toasts are not fools, compared to the war machine of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how powerful the Baishan Department is, it is a dead end.

If he and the others are too close to the White Mountain Department, I am afraid that they will also be implicated at that time.

Therefore, after these people heard the news of the arrival of the Ming army, they hurriedly said goodbye and left.

Husband and wife are birds in the same forest, and it is normal for people to fly separately when disaster comes.

...

Guilin.

After nearly two months of travel, Fu Youde finally arrived in Guilin Mansion in Guangxi.

Starting from Yingtian, it goes all the way west and travels along the Yangtze River.

This journey can be said to be very torturous, even if Fu Youde is a veteran on the battlefield, he feels a little unbearable.

Especially into the territory of Hunan and Guangxi, which is located in the southwest region, there are countless hills and mountains, and there is no water transportation, and the march of the 100,000 army is as slow as a snail, and the turtle speed is moving forward.

It stands to reason that now that the summer is scorching, it is not suitable to send troops to the southwest Tusi, but Zhu Yuanzhang still ordered Fu Youde to lead the elite Beijing camp south.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, and Fu Youde feels that something big may happen in the southwest.

Therefore, even though Fu Youde knew that the march was difficult, he still did not complain, and led an army of 100,000 to cross the Yangtze River and enter the 100,000 mountains of Hunan and Guangxi.

After a lot of hardships, I walked to the territory of Guilin.

"This hellish weather is too hot, if you can march in the south in winter, it won't be like this!"

Fu Youde rode on a war horse, wearing battle armor, even if the sun was scorching, Fu Youde was also fully armed.

In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang governed the army very strictly, and there were many famous generals under his command, and Fu Youde also belonged to the level of first-class generals, so he naturally governed the army strictly.

As the commander of the whole army, Fu Youde is wearing a helmet and armor, and other generals or soldiers naturally do not dare to complain at all.

However, after Fu Youde felt the slimy Han water all over his body, he couldn't help but complain softly, cursing the damn weather.

Geng Bingwen, the deputy general of the army, accompanied Fu Youde on the expedition, and after hearing Fu Youde's words, he explained:

"Dashuai, Guilin City is in front, and when you enter the city, it will be a little cooler."

How do you know that Fu Youde waved his hand and refused:

"You don't have to enter the city, our army has 100,000 people, how can a small Guilin city be accommodated?"

"Later, I will order a large army to be stationed in a shady place outside the city, and no one is allowed to enter the city without my order, including the commander!"

Fu Youde was named the Marquis of Yingchuan in the early days, and then in the battle of the Northern Expedition to Mobei, he shined and was promoted to the Duke of Yingguo.

From Fu Youde's official promotion, it can be seen that Fu Youde's ability, it can be said that after the Ming Dynasty divided many princes, during the Hongwu period, only three people were promoted from marquis to duke because of military merits.

Tang He, Fu Youde, and Lan Yu.

Needless to say, this person is Zhu Yuanzhang's fellow countryman and guide, and it can be said that he has a good relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang, and it is not surprising that he was promoted to duke.

Lan Yu, the wolf Juxu, went deep into the desert for hundreds of miles, and the First World War almost completely damaged the vitality of the Northern Yuan, and even indirectly led to the demise of the Northern Yuan, which contributed a lot.

And Fu Youde is tied with these two people, which already shows this person's ability.

Not to mention anything else, Fu Youde has basically never lost a war in his life, which is the most terrifying point.

Even Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, also planted a heel in Mobei, and he Fu Youde has never lost a battle, such a terrifying record can only show that this person is extremely capable.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Fu Youde still firmly occupied a place.