Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 393

"The Holy Majesty has also arrived at Pingyiwei?" Mu Tianbo was surprised when he heard this.

"Don't you know Duke Qian?" Ding Kuichu was also a little surprised. He originally thought that Chongzhen must have issued a secret edict to Mu Tianbo, otherwise how could Mu Tianbo's army return to Kunming by such a coincidence?
But in fact, this is entirely the judgment of Yang Weizhi, the deputy envoy of Jin Cang Taoist soldiers.

"I don't know if this gentleman is true." Mu Tianbo really didn't know that Chongzhen actually went to conquer Yunnan personally. He thought it was some important court official who led an army to conquer Yunnan, and said immediately, "If that's the case, I will also go together."

Ding Kuichu just smiled when he heard the words, and said to himself that it was useless to go together, you can't take away this military achievement.

At that moment, Mu Tianbo sent another servant back to inform Yu Zhonglin, and asked Yu Zhonglin to send the beef, mutton, wine and meat directly to the Eighteen Villages in Guangxi Prefecture, so that there was no need to run back and forth.

Mu Tianbo said without words: "Ding Butang, I haven't thanked you for taking back Lin'an Mansion yet. If you hadn't led Guangxi wolf soldiers to capture Lin'an Mansion and cut off Sha Ni's retreat, if you want to pacify Sha Ding The change of the continent will definitely be much more difficult than it is now, but right now, Shadingzhou’s demise is a certainty.”

"Hey, I don't dare to take credit for this matter." Ding Kuichu was proud of himself, but said modestly on the surface, "This matter all depends on the Holy Majesty's strategizing, let alone if it weren't for the Holy Majesty's army to attract the main force of the Shadingzhou rebel army to Pingping Yiwei, I'm afraid it won't be that easy for me to take down Lin'an Mansion."

"In any case, Ding Butang made the first contribution this time." Mu Tianbo made a few idle sentences, and finally got to the point, "After Ding Butang captured the old village of Ergelong in Shadingzhou, did Ding Butang find out the Goods?"

"Wealth? Yes, of course." Ding Kuichu said, "A lot of wealth is piled up like a mountain."

Mu Tianbo said: "To tell you the truth, all the goods that Sha Dingzhou collected in Ergelong's old village were all snatched from my treasury. Wanliang and silk, Songjiang cloth, Shu brocade, ginseng and other treasures are countless, I wonder if Ding Butang has ever counted the number of goods?"

"The number is wrong." Ding Kuichu frowned, "There is no gold or soft in the Ergelong old village of the sand thief, and there are only a few hundred thousand taels of silver, but there are quite a lot of Songjiang cloth, silk and ginseng, etc. And count."

"Ah?" Mu Tianbo's face collapsed immediately, "Without gold and softness, the silver is only more than a hundred thousand?"

"Yes, it's only a few hundred thousand taels of silver." Ding Kuichu said solemnly, "I didn't find any gold coins."

"But, but..." Mu Tianbo said with a dark face, "The thief in Shadingzhou confiscated hundreds of carriages and pulled them from Kunming to Ergelong Laozhai for several months. How can this be fake? "

"I don't know about it here." Ding Kuichu said, "Perhaps Sha Dingzhou used some kind of cover-up. The real treasure is not Ergelong, but somewhere else."

Mu Tianbo took a deep look at Ding Kuichu.

It seems to be distinguishing the truth of Ding Kuichu's statement.

……

On the tenth day of September in the nineteenth year of Chongzhen, Chongzhen personally led a large army to the city of Qujing.

This time, Chongzhen never left Shadingzhou a retreat, but directly ordered [-] native soldiers to surround the entire Qujing Fucheng, and ordered the native soldiers to dig trenches around Qujing.

It has to be admitted that digging trenches to block the city is indeed very useful.

While besieging Qujing Fucheng in groups, Chongzhen also sent envoys to the chieftains such as Jiaohua, Wang Nong, and Bazhai, who had just arrived in Qujing.

Chongzhen's will is very clear. Except for the two chieftains of Amizhou and Mengzi who must be severely punished, the other chieftains are only trapped or bewitched by Shadingzhou. As long as they bring the soldiers to Qujing to surrender, all past crimes will no longer exist. However, if you do not come to Qujing Mansion to surrender within ten days, you will be punished as treason.

At the same time, they also sent loud Yunnan native soldiers to shout into the city.

Even the local soldiers in Ami Prefecture and Mengzi, as long as they are willing to surrender, will not pursue past mistakes. Only rebel leaders such as Sha Dingzhou, Wan Shi and Tang Jiabin must be severely punished.

While shouting, let the artillery battalion bombard the city wall.

Under the threat of political offensive and Hongyi cannons, every day, the natives of Ami Prefecture or Mengzi came out of the city with more or less native soldiers to ask for surrender.

Three days after the siege, the east wall of Qujing was bombed down.

Immediately, Chieftain Rongmei's soldiers rushed into the city first, followed by the new army into Qujingfu City.

The local soldiers in Ami Prefecture and Mengzi didn't have any fighting spirit left, and once the city walls collapsed, they completely lost their will to resist. They threw away their weapons and knelt down and begged for surrender.

The Rongmei native soldiers took the Qujing mansion without any effort.

Sha Dingzhou, Wan's couple, Tang Jiabin and Tie Zhihu were all captured alive by Rongmei soldiers.

"You are Sha Dingzhou?" Chongzhen looked at Mengzi chieftain who was kneeling in front of him. He was probably in his thirties, but he looked quite upright, with a dejected look.

Sha Dingzhou ignored Chongzhen, he knew very well that he was bound to die.

Chongzhen was also not interested in interrogating more, and turned his attention to Wu Wenying, the censor of Yunnan Daoist inspector, Tang Zhaoyuan, the governor of Yunnan who had just arrived in Qujing Mansion, and Wang Xigun, the former left servant of Ding You who was at home.

"Several Qing's family looked carefully for me, it's the Sha Dingzhou couple and a few confidantes, right?"

Wang Xigun, Tang Zhaoyuan, and Wu Wenying stepped forward to inspect carefully, and finally Wang Xigun reported to Chongzhen: "Hui Sheng, it is indeed Sha Dingzhou and his wife and several confidants."

"Yes." Chongzhen nodded and said calmly, "Wu pushed out the charcoal and chopped it."

Sha Dingzhou, his wife and most of his confidants didn't have any special reaction, they obviously accepted the result long ago, but Tang Jiajie struggled and begged loudly, he still wanted to live.

"Your Majesty, I'm just being threatened by Sha Dingzhou."

"Your Majesty, you said that those who are coerced by Sha Dingzhou can be exonerated."

"Your Majesty, I have great talents and can make great contributions to the Ming Dynasty!
However, Chongzhen remained unmoved, as if he hadn't heard it.

After a while, Wu Batan presented the heads of more than a dozen confidantes including the Sha Dingzhou couple and Tie Zhihu, and the curtain of a generation of heroes in Yunnan came to an end.

Hearing that Qujing was breached and Sha Dingzhou and his wife were beheaded, the other chieftains finally couldn't resist.

On the second day, chieftains Lu Wanzhao and Lu Wanzhao of Dongchuan Prefecture came to ask for surrender; on the third day, chieftain Wang Yangzu of Cheng'e came to ask for surrender; and then on the fourth day, more chieftains came to ask for surrender, enough eight.

By September [-]st, except for the chieftain of Xiwushidong, more than a dozen chieftains who followed or were threatened by Shadingzhou all came to ask for surrender, and hundreds of thousands of native soldiers were disarmed and detained separately.

Another day, Ding Kuichu finally rushed to Qujing Mansion with one hundred thousand Guangxi wolf soldiers.

Accompanying Ding Kui and Chu's army to Qujing Mansion was Mu Tianbo, Duke of Qian.

Chongzhen was also not stingy, and immediately asked Wang Chengen and Gao Qiqian to organize a celebration banquet.

Because there were too many civil servants, military generals and chieftains participating in the celebration banquet, Chongzhen simply asked Wang Chengen and Gao Qiqian to hold the banquet in the square outside the Yamen of Qujing Mansion.

"Ding Qing." Chongzhen walked slowly in front of Ding Kuichu with a wine bottle in his hand.

"Your Majesty." Ding Kuichu hastily avoided the table and stood up, bowing to Chongzhen.

"Pingshen." Chongzhen freed his right hand to help Ding Kuichu up, and said again, "I respect you for this first bottle of wine, if you hadn't led a hundred thousand Guangxi wolf soldiers to arrive in time, and seized it in one fell swoop with the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves." Lin'an Mansion, if we want to quell the chaos in Shadingzhou this time, I don't know it will take until the year of the monkey."

"I'm terrified, I'm ashamed." Ding Kuichu said anxiously, "It all depends on the calculation of the holy temple and the bravery of the forty-eight wolf soldiers in Guangxi. The merit of this minister is really insignificant."

As expected of an old fox in the officialdom, he knows that the only way to fight is to fight.

"Ding Qing is humble." Chongzhen patted Ding Kuichu on the shoulder and drank it down.

Ding Kuichu also hastily raised his wine bottle and drank it all down. Ding Kuichu felt a little overwhelmed and stable after drinking a bottle of wine.

Chongzhen raised the wine bottle, and Gao Qiqian who accompanied him hurriedly filled it up for him.

Chongzhen raised the wine bottle again and said to the forty-eight wolf soldiers sitting behind Ding Kuichu: "For the second cup of wine, I have to respect the forty-eight wolf soldiers. Thank you for your support for me and the Ming Dynasty!"

An official who could speak Zhuang had already translated Chongzhen's words, and the forty-eight wolf soldiers quickly stood up and looked at Chongzhen with trepidation. Clearly, now that the emperor personally toasts them, what an honor and glory is this?

Just this one is enough for them to brag about for a lifetime.

Chongzhen raised his neck and drank the second bottle of wine, which was also a bit over the top.

Because the wine that Chongzhen used to entertain civil servants, generals, and chieftains this time was not ordinary low-alcohol wine, but a high-alcohol liquor specially shipped from Bozhou-Moutai Goji Sauce Wine.

This batch of Maotai wolfberry sauce wine was originally intended to clean the wounds of the wounded.

However, it was much easier to put down the chaos in Shadingzhou than expected, so a lot of Moutai wolfberry sauce wine was kept, and it was used by Chongzhen to treat meritorious soldiers.

Chongzhen said again: "I have also prepared a reward for the Guangxi wolf soldiers. As long as they participated in the War of Sand Rebellion, everyone will have a share. Let the warriors of the forty-eight departments come to the city to receive the reward. I want to see you too." Seeing these warriors who have made great contributions to the country, I even want to toast them with a bottle of wine!"

After listening to the translation, the head of Forty-Eight Bubbles became even more excited.

Chongzhen smiled, and said: "By the way, in order not to frighten the people in the city, the warriors don't need to wear armor when they enter the city this time, and they don't need to bring weapons. They just need to bring their stomachs and mouths. I have already asked the new army to prepare There is enough beef and mutton, steamed cakes, and a jug of water and wine for each person, just waiting for the warriors to enter the city to enjoy."

After listening to the translation, the head of Forty-Eight Bubbles cheered even more.

"Long live Ming Dynasty! Long live His Majesty the Emperor!" The leaders cheered.

"The sun, the moon, the mountains and rivers will always be here, long live the Ming Dynasty!" Chongzhen took advantage of the situation and raised his wine bottle again.

"The sun, the moon, the mountains and rivers will always be here, long live the Ming Dynasty!" All the civil servants, generals and chieftains who participated in the celebration banquet also raised their wine bottles and cheered loudly along with Chongzhen.

It's just that the central feeling is hard to describe.

Wang Xigun, who was sitting at the head of the civil servant class, sighed softly.

As much as I hoped, so much as disappointed. I thought that Sheng Sheng would really become different after he went to Meishan to realize Taoism, but after seeing him this time, there is still not much difference.

Your Majesty is still like that... easy to trust others.

Who is Ding Kuichu?This man is a silverfish.

Mu Tianbo, who sat at the head of the generals' squad, was even more gloomy.

Mu Tianbo originally wanted to sue Chongzhen and ask Ding Kuichu and the forty-eight Guangxi wolf soldiers to spit out all the gold, silver, soft goods and goods they ate, but now it seems that it is useless.

The Holy Majesty opened the golden mouth and designated Ding Kui Chuqin as the leader in calming the sand chaos.

At this time, if he still ran to sue the imperial court, wouldn't he be against the Holy Majesty?

The Xiangxi chieftains and Western Hubei chieftains present here are full of envy and jealousy, saying to themselves that the Guangxi Forty-eight Wolf Soldiers are really lucky this time. Go to Pingyiwei to confront them?If he sticks to Mengzi, it should be the chieftain of Hunan and Hubei, which is a pity.

Zhu Cijiong, Xu Yingwei, Yan Yingyuan and other scholars of King Qin watched with cold eyes.

Only they know that today's celebration banquet is not just a celebration banquet.

To paraphrase a poem written by Emperor Taizu Gao, let the golden cup drink with you, and the white sword will not spare you.

After drinking and getting rewarded, it's time to clean up the accounts, not only the bad debts of Sha Dingzhou who disturbed Yunnan, but also other accounts of other people, even the accounts of the Qian State Government.

In a word, today's celebration wine is not so delicious.

……

Forty-eight Guangxi wolf soldiers were stationed outside the four gates of Qujing.

After receiving the order from the headman, nearly [-] Guangxi wolf soldiers from the forty-eight divisions happily entered the city to receive the reward. In accordance with the emperor's will, in order not to scare the people, all the wolf soldiers were not wearing armor or carrying knives, and they were still delivering orders to the eunuchs. According to the request, they were divided into four groups and formed a neat six-way column to enter the city from the four gates.

After entering the city through the four gates, he was left on the side street near the city wall to wait on the ground.

The wolf soldiers did not doubt that he was there. After all, nearly one hundred thousand wolf soldiers entered the city, and there was really no other place for so many people to sit besides sitting on the street.

But what happened next made the wolf soldiers unbelievable.

Accompanied by the sound of orderly footsteps, groups of heavily armed Hunan and Hubei native soldiers suddenly came out from the alleys. These native soldiers all held four-foot spears and charged straight at them.

The Guangxi wolf soldiers realized something was wrong, and instinctively wanted to retreat from the city gate.

But there was only a bang, and the heavy gate of the city gate had already fallen.

"Go up the tower, and go down the city!" Guangxi wolf soldiers did not stand still.

However, before the wolf soldiers went up, groups of new troops leaned out from behind the parapet of the city.

I saw that these recruits were all holding flintlock guns with bayonets attached, and their black muzzles had already aimed at the Guangxi wolf soldiers on the street below. The forty-eight Guangxi wolf soldiers did not dare to act rashly in an instant.

(End of this chapter)