At this time, the Great Western Army was extremely strong. Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi commanded 150,000 Western troops and marched towards Yunnan, with great momentum.

At the beginning, the Western Army had the advantage in terms of troops, easily occupying several cities, and its morale was strong.

And a group of officials in Yunnan also reacted quickly, quickly mobilized the Ming army and various Tusi, and the troops also reached tens of thousands, and launched a fierce battle with them.

And the person in command is not Mu Tianbo, the prince of Qianguo, but his younger brother Mu Tianyang. Although many officials were opposed, Qian Guogong still overrode public opinion and appointed him.

This battle is not only the attention of both sides, but also the attention of several surrounding provinces. This will change the course of the entire southwest, and after Guizhou is occupied by Daxi, if Yunnan is lost again, then Guangxi and Guangdong will really become enclaves.

One side is Zhang Xianzhong's two righteous sons, two of the four righteous sons who gradually became quite famous with his conquest of the world, and the other side is an ordinary general who has almost never heard of it despite his military exploits in Yunnan.

Few people think that Yunnan can win, Zhang Xianzhong is ready to celebrate in advance, and even the officials sent have already been prepared.

However, to the surprise of all of them, after more than a month of fierce fighting, the Great Western Army not only failed to move forward, but showed signs of weakness, and even retreated completely after a major battle. Liu Wenxiu and Ainengqi Shuai led the remnants of the defeated army and retreated to Guizhou in a hurry.

Mu Tianyang chased after him, and Jing'er also followed into Guizhou, and the western army withdrew to Guiyang, and waited for the army to come to help, and finally stabilized its position.

No one expected that Mu Tianbo's younger brother would be so violent, and Zhang Xianzhong couldn't care about anything else, so he urgently sent his most warlike son Li Dingguo to the front line, but he still failed to repel Mu Tianyang, and the two sides entered a state of confrontation after a fierce battle on the front line.

Mu Tianyang became famous in the first battle and became a famous general in the southwest, and after the news reached Beijing, Zhu Yousong was also overjoyed for such good news, when even if he was appointed as a general, even if the front line could not go away at this time, Emperor Hongguang wanted to transfer him to Beizhili to consolidate the defense.

In this wave, Onishi is really stealing chickens and rice. Not only did it lose its newly expanded territory, but it became a stepping stone for others to become famous.

On the other side of the north, although neither side immediately launched a major battle, but in the border area, the sentinels of the two forces have begun to fight fiercely, but in half a month, there have been hundreds of casualties, and the atmosphere is becoming more and more anxious.

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The military junta of Jiangsu and Zhejiang finally completed the infrastructure construction of the newly occupied provinces.

The Fifth Army has also completed its reorganization, and several armies have been equipped with new-style weapons to raise their combat effectiveness to a higher level.

By July, the total strength of the military government in Jiangsu and Zhejiang had reached more than 200,000.

Yan Ling believes that the time for battle has come. He gave the order to attack, this time targeting Guangxi and Guangdong.

With the combat effectiveness of the guards, it is natural that they can't stop the pace of expansion of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang armies, and they have almost formed a complete set of combat procedures-

Heavy artillery broke cities, attacked, occupied cities, imposed martial law, and formed a new government.

In addition, the transportation of No. 2 heavy artillery, which restricts the speed of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang armies in attacking the city, is too slow, just like a turtle crawling.

Fortunately, with the powerful firepower composed of Type 5 and Type 8, the enemy army can collapse after a few rounds.

Moreover, in many places, in fact, surrendered without a fight, and the scene of a large number of armed landlords rising up to resist basically did not appear.

After all, the local government, because the distance from the center is too far, has actually been a little alienated from the imperial court over the years, and it is in a semi-independent position, so it is natural that it will not resist so desperately.

In addition, the local coastal area is quite economically developed, and many merchants have risen.

Although many businessmen still couldn't get rid of their old habits and began to buy land after making money, they did not give up their business because of this, and they were obviously more receptive to the policies of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military governments than landlords in other places.

In addition, in the military government of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the status of businessmen has been improved, and the government has also encouraged the development of industry and commerce, and they naturally welcomed the arrival of the army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Many cities did not do anything to resist in the case of the desire of the merchants and people in the city, and after the arrival of the army of the military government of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, they directly opened the city to welcome it.

Whether it is military strength or popular support, they are all in a state of crushing, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang armies are like hanging up, and the other players are not opponents at all.

The two places soon settled.

For Tusi, the military government of Jiangsu and Zhejiang adopted the method of changing the land and returning it to the stream, forcibly dispatched officials, and implemented the decree, although this provoked a series of resistance, but fortunately, at this time, the military government was in full swing, and it was soon successfully quelled.

"It's time." Yan Ling's finger swept over the map, and there was a large blue logo on it, which was the territory of the military government.

At this time, the southeast land has been completely occupied.

It's enough to ascend to that supreme position.

The leaders of the other forces have already proclaimed themselves emperors, but they are still kings, but they seem to have fallen into the dust.

Yan Ling first chose a woman for Yan Quan as the princess. His father is a businessman in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he has cooperated with the family for decades, and he knows each other's roots, his family background is innocent, and he is also virtuous, so he is a good match.

Subsequently, the country name "Dahua" was determined, and proposals such as "Da Yue" and "Da Wu" were vetoed.

However, when everyone began to discuss the era name, Yan Ling decisively interrupted them.

"Father Ji, why don't you choose the era name?" Yan Quan asked with some doubts, the other three emperors today all have their own era names.

"Every time a new emperor ascends the throne, he has to change the era name, which is really inconvenient to count the time. My opinion is that in the future, it will be directly timed by a certain year of Dahua, and will not be changed by the emperor. ”

Yan Ling said with a smile.

Although it is not in line with tradition, after listening to it, everyone thinks it makes sense. Especially for them at the beginning of industrialization, they really need a unified and unchanged timekeeping standard, so they have recognized it.

Ceremonies, ceremonies, etc., the Ministry of Rites soon began to arrange.

One day when the wind and the sun were beautiful, Yan was dressed in gorgeous robes, stood on the high altar, officially proclaimed himself emperor, and appointed Princess Wei as the queen, and then accepted the worship of everyone.

With Nanjing as the capital, the following year is the first year of Dahua.

Since then, the world has officially entered the situation of four emperors standing side by side.

(End of chapter)