The matter between Yang Sichang and Zhu Cihong, Mu Tianbo did it extremely secretively.

Yang Sichang used a pseudonym and grew a beard; Zhu Cihong is just a 4-year-old child now, who can know?

At this time, he could only grit his teeth and refuse to admit it.

He said: "The minister and Yang Sichang have never met, and they don't know where Zhu Cihong is, why did Your Majesty say this? ”

Li Xianzhong said sharply: "In the first year of Chongzhen, when the Duke of Qianguo succeeded to the title, he went to Beijing in person. At that time, it was you who was received by Yang Sichang, you are old acquaintances! ”

"Now that you worship Yang Sichang as the commander of the Southern Expedition, can he Yang Sichang change his name and push it all away?"

"The abolished prince Zhu Cihong was searched in your mansion, doesn't this have anything to do with you?"

Facing Li Xianzhong's questioning one after another, Mu Tianbo was already sweating like rain!

But he still quibbled: "Although the minister and Yang Sichang have had a one-sided relationship, it has been many years. He assumed the name of Huang Xingming, but the minister really didn't recognize him. worship him as handsome, but I just think that this person is quite proficient in the art of war and can handle heavy tasks! ”

"This child's name is Huang Shiyuan, he is the son of Huang Xingming, Weichen really doesn't know that he is the abolished prince Zhu Cihong, please ask Your Majesty to be clear!"

Li Xianzhong snorted coldly and said, "Huang Shiyuan, he was the emperor. Yang Sichang's name is really straightforward! ”

"Then the Duke of Qianguo sent someone to send grain to Li Dingguo in Guizhou, and agreed with him to raise troops together in the future, what do you explain?"

After finishing speaking, Li Xianzhong threw the letter written by Mu Tianbo to Li Dingguo in front of him!

Mu Tianbo never thought that his secret letter to Li Dingguo would fall into Li Xianzhong's hands, and in the face of this kind of ironclad evidence, he could no longer deny it.

It is true that at this time, he angrily scolded Li Xianzhong as a rebellious minister and thief, and he could leave himself a reputation of loyalty to the Ming family.

But in this way, it completely pushed the Qianguo Mansion into a situation from which it could never be recovered.

Mu Tianbo can only choose to be silent!

Facing Mu Tianbo, who was speechless, Li Xianzhong said: "The great crime of rebellion, the crime is unforgivable, I think that the Mu family of the Duke of Qianguo has taken care of Yunnan for the Central Plains Dynasty for more than 200 years, and for the sake of the country's great merits, I can give you a way to live." ”

"As long as you cooperate with the imperial court to implement the 'land reform and return to the stream' in Yunnan next, not only will I not kill you, but I can also retain your title as the Duke of Qianguo."

"Of course, it's impossible for Yunnan to let you stay any longer, I have already chosen a new Qianguo Mansion for you in the capital!"

"As for Yang Sichang, you can count on it, his tens of thousands of tired divisions, even if he returns to Yunnan, he will not do anything."

"Since I have copied the lair of these toasts, I naturally will not have a woman's kindness to them!"

At this time, Mu Tianbo could only accept this reality, so he said: "The minister is willing to donate the money and grain of the Qianguo Mansion to help His Majesty 'change the land and return to the stream'!" ”

The Mu family has been in Yunnan for more than 200 years, and has been fighting with these Tusi openly and secretly, but they have only controlled the three prefectures of Qujing, Kunming, and Chuxiong.

In less than two years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, this Son of Heaven has almost completed the Tusi in Sichuan and Guizhou, and has swallowed a large number of Tusi in southeast Yunnan.

This kind of method really made him have to admire.

What made Mu Tianbo feel strange was that it was obvious that Li Xianzhong was using Daxi to sweep away the toast, and then he would "change the land and return to the stream".

But why did Li Dingguo of Onishi cooperate with him so much, could it be ......

After Li Dingguo and others swept southeastern Yunnan, they continued to advance to southwestern Yunnan.

They had a total of 65,000 people when they retreated from Chengdu, and after a year and a half, only 30,000 remain.

The mountainous areas of Yunnan-Guichuan are very barren, and the Great Western Army has been snatching food from those toasts these days, and it is naturally miserable.

Fortunately, the rest of the people are all elites of a hundred battles, and when it comes to fighting toast, even the elite of the forbidden army under Li Xianzhong is not comparable to them.

After the baptism of countless battles, the Western Army is not only good at fighting in the mountains, but also familiar with the tactics of Tusi in the southwest.

For how to break through their stockade, they have long formed their own tactics, and they are completely adapted to the miasma and poisonous insects here.

However, Sun Kewang is not optimistic about the prospects of the next Great Western Army.

In fact, he has always advocated using the favorable terrain of Guizhou to block the attack of China, and then take advantage of the situation to attack Yunnan and obtain Yunnan and Guizhou as a foundation.

However, the reality is that their troops are limited, and it is difficult to divide their troops to hold Guizhou while sending troops to Yunnan.

In addition, these Guizhou toasts have already hated the Great Western Army, and they will definitely not help them to resist the Huaxia Army.

In the end, they decided to take advantage of the lack of troops in Yunnan to raid Kunming.

But they didn't expect the Huaxia Army's reaction to be so fast, not only quickly controlling Guizhou, but also directly killing Yunnan.

Fortunately, they didn't do too much entanglement in Kunming, otherwise they might be entangled by the main force of Huaxia.

Li Dingguo and the other four discussed it, Yunnan is really not a place for them to stay for a long time, and the only way to do this is to move to Burma.

Fortunately, they had received a lot of supplies by plundering the Tusi in Yunnan, and there was no shortage of food and ordnance.

After Sha Dingzhou and others learned that their nest was taken by Li Dingguo, they returned to the north overnight to seek revenge from the Great Western Army.

It was in response to the old saying that "the road is narrow", and the two groups actually collided in the territory of the Xuanfu Division in Longchuan, southwest Yunnan.

The Tusi coalition army in Shadingzhou originally had 50,000 horses, but half of them were lost by the Burmese smuggling camp in Mengmao, and there were many injuries in the subsequent conquest of Burma, and there were less than 20,000 at this time.

When they encountered the 30,000 battle-hardened Great Western Army, they naturally couldn't please them.

What's more, Li Dingguo and they still have a cavalry team of 5,000 people.

As soon as the two sides collided, the Tusi coalition led by Sha Dingzhou was obviously defeated.

The cavalry of the Western Army easily rushed into the enemy formation and killed the Tusi army, and in just a quarter of an hour, the front of the coalition army was crushed by the cavalry of the Western Army.

The Tusi army, which was originally a rabble, scattered and fled.

And Sha Dingzhou himself was also killed by Liu Wenxiu in the chaos.

The battle ended in less than an hour, and most of the Tusi coalition forces were annihilated, with only a few fleeing into the nearby primeval forest.

Seven or eight thousand people were taken by the captives alone.

Li Dingguo wants to march into Burma, and these prisoners are a valuable asset, after all, the strength of the Western Army is limited, and these prisoners are just used as cannon fodder.

And they've been deep into Myanmar before, so they know the terrain very well.

Upon inquiry, they learned that Yang Sichang had made a peace with the Burmese, and that their men were less than two days' journey from here at most.

This means that the Great Western Army has a chance to take Tengyue Baguan before Yang Sichang.

In the twenty-second year of Wanli (1594), Chen Yongbin, the governor of Yunnan, set up eight passes in his jurisdiction in order to resist foreign invasion and stabilize the frontier, which was called Tengyue Eight Passes.

Tengyue eight passes are divided into the upper four passes and the lower four passes, the upper four passes include the god protection pass, the ten thousand pass, the boulder pass and the copper wall pass; The next four passes are Tiebi Pass, Huju Pass, Hanlong Pass and Tianma Pass.

The terrain of these passes is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Whoever controls this place first will have the initiative in the war.

Obviously, the Western Army has traveled through the mountains of Sichuan and Guizhou over the years, either on the way to escape or escape, and the pace of the journey is much faster than that of the Dian army under Yang Sichang.

When Yang Sichang's vanguard arrived at Tiebi Pass, the western army on the pass was already in full battle.

After being greeted by the Western Army's stone rolling logs, they had to retreat in disgrace.

After learning of the situation, Yang Sichang was even more shocked, he did not expect that Li Dingguo actually came from Kunming to the Tiebi Pass on the Yunnan-Burma border.

It seems that the men and horses of Shadingzhou have been defeated by them.

What surprised him even more was that Li Xianzhong personally led the army to relieve the siege of Kunming, and now he has entered Kunming City.

He didn't know that Mu Tianbo had been taken down by Li Xianzhong, and in his opinion, this was a godsend.

If you can join forces with Mu Tianbo to capture Li Xianzhong in one fell swoop, then the revival of the Ming Dynasty will be done.

Therefore, he could not continue to entangle with Li Dingguo, and he had to return to Kunming as soon as possible.

Yang Sichang left more than a thousand old and weak people bluffing in the camp, and he took the main force around Tianma Pass, which was dozens of miles away.

It's just that his men and horses have not yet resisted Tianma Pass, and they have encountered an ambush by the Great Western Army.

As a rain of arrows fell, the Great Western Army also slaughtered from the surrounding jungle.

Yang Sichang did not have many men and horses, and was soon dispersed by the Western Army.

Under the leadership of Li Dingguo, the Great Western Army became more and more courageous, and in less than half an hour, most of Yang Sichang's men and horses became prisoners of the Western Army!

At this time, Yang Sichang's face was full of despair, and he shouted: "I have the intention to kill the thief, but I can't return to the sky, and the micro-minister has the trust of His Majesty!" ”

After speaking, he will draw his sword and kill himself!

Fortunately, the soldiers of the Western Army on the side were quick and snatched his sword!

Li Dingguo glanced at Yang Sichang and said: "You take good care of him, don't let him look for death and life, this person I want to hand over to Li Xianzhong." ”

When Yang Sichang heard that Li Dingguo was going to hand himself over to Li Xianzhong, he became anxious, and shouted loudly: "Li Dingguo, you have already been proclaimed emperor." There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two lords in the country. Even if he hands me over to Li Xianzhong, he will not be able to let you go. ”

"It's better for us to join forces together and join forces with Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo, to take down Li Xianzhong!"

After Li Dingguo heard this, he laughed and said, "It seems that you still don't know the current situation, Li Xianzhong has already sent Mu Tianbo to prison." ”

"Now Ma Xianglin has led an army of 30,000 to join Kunming with Li Xianzhong, and it won't be long before the Huaxia army will kill this Tengyue Eight Passes!"

There is no greater mourning than the death of the heart, and the death of a person is secondary!

After hearing the news, Yang Sichang was completely desperate, he knew that the crown prince Zhu Cihong would definitely not survive if he fell into the hands of Li Xianzhong.

All his hopes were dashed.

After taking out Yang Sichang, there was no obstacle for the Great Western Army to enter Burma.

Li Dingguo has completed the original agreement with Li Xianzhong.

Now is naturally the time for Li Xianzhong to fulfill his promise.

So he asked Sun Kewang to take Yang Sichang to negotiate with Li Xianzhong.

Sun Kewang had long been unhappy with Li Dingguo, and he also agreed with Yang Sichang's words, Li Dingguo had already been proclaimed emperor, and Li Xianzhong could not let him go.

No emperor has ever let go of a person who has been called an emperor.

He didn't know that Li Dingguo was originally put back by Li Xianzhong, so he decided to betray Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo asked Sun Kewang to bring Li Xianzhong on the following conditions: Li Dingguo went to the emperor's title, Daxi was attached to Huaxia to accept the canonization, and asked to defend Burma for Huaxia.

In order to provoke Li Xianzhong, Sun Kewang deliberately did not mention the matter of Daxi's annexation to Huaxia and his request for canonization.

It is only said that Li Xianzhong is willing to go to the emperor and be demoted to the king of Daxi; and asked Li Xianzhong to give Burma to Onishi.

Li Xianzhong naturally would not agree to the Great West Rip and seal the king.

He knew very well that Sun Kewang was making a hindrance, so he planned to see what kind of medicine Sun Kewang was selling in the gourd.

He deliberately became angry and scolded angrily: "Li Dingguo is wishful thinking, I am determined to break him into ten thousand pieces!" ”

Sun Kewang saw that Li Xianzhong had taken the bait, so he said: "Your Majesty might as well agree to Li Dingguo's conditions, you can lure him to the camp to be sealed, and then take him down." ”

"I am willing to lead the Great Western Army to join China and conquer Burma for Your Majesty."

After Li Xianzhong praised Sun Kewang, he let him go back!

After Sun Kewang returned to Tiebi Pass, he said that Li Xianzhong had agreed to their conditions, but asked Li Dingguo to go to the Huaxia camp in person to receive the seal.

Li Dingguo did not have the slightest doubt about Sun Kewang's words, so he personally went to the Huaxia camp 20 miles away.

The two haven't seen each other for nearly 2 years since they parted ways in Hanzhong.

After Li Dingguo saw Li Xianzhong, he bowed down.

Obviously, the strength of the Chinese Empire in the past two years has convinced him completely.

However, at this time, he was still nervous, although he completed his original agreement, but it is difficult to say whether Li Xianzhong will fulfill his original promise.

Li Xianzhong said: "Don't worry, I won't break my word." ”

Li Dingguo was canonized as the Marquis of Pingxi by Li Xianzhong, and even his brother-in-law Liu Wenxiu was canonized as Zhennanbo, and his brother-in-law Ai Nengqi was also canonized as Pingnanbo.

Then Li Xianzhong revealed Sun Kewang's plan and inventory.

After Li Dingguo heard this, he was also frightened into a cold sweat, if it was according to Sun Kewang's plan, it would be easy for Li Xianzhong to take down himself.

Li Xianzhong said: "Qing will not live up to me, I will naturally not live up to Qing!" ”

At this time, Sun Kewang united with Feng Shuangli in an attempt to force Liu Wenxiu and Ainengqi to comply.

Just when the forces of the two sides were stalemate, they found that Li Xianzhong had led his troops back to Tiebi Pass.

Sun Kewang, who knew that his plan was exposed, knew that Li Dingguo would not let him go, so he fled to Myanmar with a small number of subordinates.

Li Xianzhong said that there was no need to chase it anymore.

Obviously, Sun Kewang must have taken refuge in King Talon of Burma.

Li Dingguo's western army and Li Xianzhong's southward Chinese army had 70,000 people.

Faced with the pressure of the Chinese army, King Talong decided to cede the land and sue for peace.

Soon he sent Sun Kewang's head to Li Xianzhong's camp.

At this time, Li Xianzhong had already led his army to Ava in central Burma, and he negotiated with the envoys of King Talong of Burma in Ava to paralyze the Burmese people.

On the one hand, he sent Li Dingguo and others to raid Bago, an important port in southern Burma.

After the capture of Bago, Burma lost foreign aid.

Then King Talong can only be trapped in Donghu.

On July 18 of the second year of Qianxi, the allied forces of Huaxia and Daxi invaded Donghu under the cover of artillery, and King Talong set himself on fire in the palace, and the Donghu Dynasty, which had invaded Yunnan several times, perished.

Li Xianzhong appointed Li Dingguo, Marquis of Pingxi, as the governor of Burma, and together with Sun Chuanting, the governor of Liangguang and Annam, he continued to conquer Siam, Laos and other places, and completely restored the "three propaganda and six comforts" of the Ming Dynasty!

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