"Yes. What the last general originally thought was that the Duan family now has no leader, and we can completely try to force them down and take Dali without blood. Mu Ying sighed again and said, "But after listening to His Highness's words, the last general also understands that it is not a good thing to accept the surrender of the Duan clan at this time." ”

"That's right." Zhu Zhen sneered: "There is no such shop in that village, when my father promised the king of Dali, they still disdained it, and now they want to surrender, it's too late." ”

Saying that, he paused word by word, and pronounced Duan's death sentence and said: "Dali has been dead for more than 100 years, and Duan's rule over Dali should also end." ”

"Yes." Mu Ying hurriedly responded in a deep voice.

~~

In February of the fifteenth year of Hongwu, the army of Lan Yu and Jin Chaoxing arrived at Weichu Road.

Entrenched here, Yan Nai, Ma Gang, and Liu Cheche, who participated in politics, opened the door and surrendered without any surprise, not daring to resist the front of the army at all.

So far, the three roads and seven states and six counties in central Yunnan have all been attached.

After the settlement of central Yunnan, the army rested for a while, and then prepared to march into Dali.

At this time, Dali sent a messenger to deliver the letter of state, one is to inform the Ming army that now Dali has a new king, that is, the younger brother of the governor of Dali who has just been killed by Lan Yu, named Duan Shi.

The second is to ask Daming to follow the preface and seal Duan Shi as the king of Dali. Lan Yu and others looked at his book and said: '...... Dali is the foreign country of Tang Jiaosui, and the Yu State of the Song Dynasty axe painting is difficult to list, and the soldiers are in vain. Please follow the story of the Tang and Song dynasties, Kuan, Duan, Feng Zhengshuo, Peihua Seal, a small tribute than the year, and a big tribute in three years. ’

Roughly speaking, since the Tang Dynasty, Dali has maintained a friendly and non-aggression relationship with the Celestial Empire. By the time of the Song Dynasty, the relationship between the two countries was even closer. Shanyan, that is, Kunming, is a country that Song Taizu's jade axe did not want.

And whether it is Shanxi or Dali, it is difficult to garrison the army, even if you use force to defeat it, it is useless, it is just a waste of effort. So please follow the old practice of the Tang and Song dynasties, canonize our king, and let Dali govern Yunnan.

For this reason, we are willing to serve the Ming Dynasty as the Heavenly Dynasty, wear the Ming Dynasty, and pay a small tribute every two years and a large tribute every three years......

After reading it, all the marquis laughed angrily, and scolded while passing it on.

"Good guy, I don't just want Dali, I want Kunming!" Marquis Jingchuan laughed angrily.

"We're busy together, purely for the Duan family?"

"Want to eat your fart?!" Xuandehou glared at the messenger and sneered, "What about dreaming, right? That's awesome. Lao Tzu never dared to dream of such a beautiful dream! ”

"Dali has been dead for more than a hundred years, where did this Dali king pop up?" Wang Bi couldn't help but sneer.

"During the Tang Dynasty, Dali was the master of Yunnan, and now that the Yuan Dynasty is dead, we will naturally restore the country." The messenger said in a heartfelt voice: "What's more, the Ming Emperor has promised to canonize our governor as the king of Dali and return all the land of Yunnan to Dali!" You generals don't know, do you? ”

This face that ate the suzerain's country made the generals tired for a while, and Lan Yu, who had not spoken all this time, said coldly: "That was a few years ago?" Can it be the same then as it is now? ”

"That's it!" Jin Chaoxing nodded and said: "At that time, King Liang was powerful, and Yunnan was not owned by my Ming Dynasty. If you really have the heart, you can eliminate the king of Liang for the court at that time, take Yunnan yourself, and the court will canonize Yunnan to you. ”

"Now I have 300,000 heavenly soldiers fighting fiercely all the way, and I have broken Qujing to go down to Kunming, destroy the King of Liang, set the east of Yunnan, central Yunnan, and southern Yunnan, and the north of Yunnan is also in sight, leaving only a corner of the place. It is shameless for Ann to dare to revisit the Old Testament! ”

The messenger was said to be poor in reason, so he had to repeatedly take the old things of the Tang and Song dynasties, and now promise to talk about things. Lan Yu, who listened to it, was irritated for a while, and said:

"Don't talk nonsense with him, he knows a ball?!"

"Someone!" Lan Yu raised his voice again, "Cut out his tongue and get him out of the camp!" ”

"Huh?!" The envoy was frightened, and hurriedly said loudly: "If the two countries are at war and do not kill the envoys, the dignified Heavenly Empire cannot fail to talk about martial virtues!" ”

"Did Ben kill you?" Lan Yu sneered and said, "Cutting off your tongue is to warn the Duan family not to say those boundless dream words anymore." Tell that period of life, if you want to survive, you must quickly tie yourself up and surrender, otherwise as soon as the heavenly soldiers arrive, let him go to reunite with his eldest brother! ”

With a wave of his hand, the soldiers pulled the struggling messenger out of the tent, and in a moment they heard a scream of 'ah', and then they were dead.

~~

Dali City between Cangshan and Erhai Lake, not only has the beauty of wind and snow, but also the city is backed by Cangshan Mountain, and the west is solid with the Erhe River. There is the Longwei Pass built by the South Zhao Piluo Pavilion in the east as a barrier, and the number is extremely dangerous.

The famous Dali Duan clan has relied on this easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack city to dominate Yunnan for hundreds of years.

Even when Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, personally led his troops to attack Yunnan, he only hit Kunming, and did not try to attack this ancient city with the danger of mountains and rivers. After the Duan clan became a vassal, Kublai Khan only went to the throne of the Duan family, and still gave Dali to them to manage.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Duan family, although the Ming army is menacing, as long as they rely on the favorable terrain of Dali City and the deep foundation of operating here for hundreds of years, they can hold their basic territory.

Then go to the humble table, give more generous gifts, say some meaty words, and express your willingness to pay tribute, and you will almost be able to keep the independent kingdom of Dali.

They are too familiar with this hand, from Nanzhao to Dali, from the Tang Dynasty to the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and they have tried and tested repeatedly. So in the eyes of the senior management of the Duan family, this time is no exception......

As for the letter to Daming, they put forward the hope that the old land of Dali would be restored and the entire Yunnan would be given to the Duan family, in fact, they themselves knew that there was no big drama.

But people, there must always be dreams, what if the emperor of the Ming Dynasty didn't look down on this remote and wild place, and his brain was hot? Won't they make a lot of money?

So under the strong leadership of Duan Shi's uncle Duan Ming, they decided to ask for the price first, wait for Da Ming to sit on the ground and repay the money, and everyone talked slowly......

But without saying a word, they cut out the tongue of the messenger they had sent.

The meaning of Ming Jun is obvious, this kind of dream talk is guilty, and talk about it, talk about it!

Duan Shi was only in his twenties, and he had always been a son-in-law who was ignorant of the world, but he suddenly took over the position of the eldest brother, and was supported by his uncle as the king of Dali, and the whole person was stunned.

But now Dali is immersed in the ecstasy of recovering the country, and he is also deeply infected, so he agrees with his uncle's proposal and sends an envoy to test Daming's reaction.

Now seeing the messenger with his tongue cut out, he finally sobered up, and couldn't help complaining to Duan Mingdao: "Uncle Wang, you see that this is a mess, how can it be good to offend Da Ming?" ”

(End of chapter)