The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 339

"If the sand thief retreats, Abandon Chuxiong will follow and attack." Mu Xi was also surprised when he saw Mu Zhiqing's kit.

How could Chu Xiong, who had just defended, give up again?Although he was very puzzled, he knew that the second sister was very strategic, so he ordered his subordinates to reorganize the army immediately, leaving only about [-] people to guard the city, and the rest left the city to follow Shadingzhou.

Sha Dingzhou was in a hurry to rescue Lin'an, but the mule kept harassing him behind him. After traveling more than 800 miles, [-] people were captured and killed, which made him miserable.

In desperation, Sha Dingzhou only had to allocate 2000 men and horses to further disperse its forces.It wasn't until the next day that they met the Iron Tiger's troops head-on that they managed to scrape together 6000 people and headed to Lin'an together.

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In Kunming City, the magistrate's yamen.

Mu Tianbo walked into the main hall with Yang Weizhi and others, and when he saw a young man in his twenties with an extraordinary bearing, he knew that he was His Royal Highness the Assistant Prince.

Several people knelt down, and Mu Tianbo knocked his head on the ground, and said with emotion: "My officer, Mu Tianbo, pay homage to His Royal Highness, the assistant king. This time, His Highness has worked tirelessly to lead the Heavenly Army to suppress the chaos and the bandits, and the Southwest will be settled! On behalf of millions of people in Yunnan, thank Your Highness for your great kindness!"

Zhu Lin hurriedly helped the few people up, knowing that they had been devastated by the rebel army recently, she first comforted them with kind words, and then asked Mu Tianbo, "Why did Duke Qian come to Kunming? Arranged well?"

Mu Tianbo's face turned red, and he hesitated, "Return to Your Highness, this is Lin'an, I..."

He turned around and glanced at Yang Weizhi, who had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Our army has rushed to Lin'an and is besieging the city. I don't want Sha Dingzhou to lead the main force to turn back suddenly. Our army had no choice but to go north to avoid..."

"Can't the siege go down? How many defenders are there in Lin'an, and how long will you be besieging the city?"

"Return to Your Highness, the defenders... six hundred people, the last general and General Long led the siege for five days..."

Zhu Linmei almost turned her nose when she heard the words. Long Zaitian and Yang Weizhi had a total of 8000 troops, and they besieged Lin'an, which was defended by 600 people, and they didn't take it down for five days!
He immediately felt relieved, if Mu Tianbo's army was not too strong, how could he be beaten to the ground by a chieftain in Shadingzhou.

He dealt with Mu Tianbo and the others a few more words, and hurriedly called the main generals of the Dragon Guard Army to discuss the next battle deployment.

When all the generals were assembled, just as Zhu Linmei talked about today's topic, a soldier led a sweaty postman into the tent.The latter panted heavily, and handed a Hongbiaotang report to Shi Lin, "Report...the military situation in northern Zhejiang."

Zhu Linmi took the pond newspaper and unfolded it, her face suddenly became serious, and she saw that it read: On July 26, Zhang Mingzhen, under the command of the King of Lu, led the Zhejiang navy to attack the warship stationed in Qiantang by Wu Shengzhao, the Jiancaptive.

At the beginning, the Zhejiang army was very strong. Zhang Mingzhen's Ruan Jin led a fire boat to attack Wu Shengzhao, causing a lot of losses to the captive ships.However, at the time of You, the wind direction in Qiantang changed suddenly, and it came against Zhang Mingzhen's navy, blowing the fire of the captive ship to the side of the Zhejiang army, and the Zhejiang navy was in chaos.

Wu Shengzhao then took advantage of the chaos to attack, and Zhang Mingzhen's warships were damaged seven to eight times, and they fled to Zhoushan in the dark...

He handed the pond report to the other officers, and said worryingly: "When Jianlu invaded Zhejiang, he had more than half the strength of King Lu's navy. Now that Zhang Mingzhen has been defeated, Qiantang will become Jianlu's world.

"Although the Qing army was newly defeated in Fujing, it has been training for nearly two months. Hong Chengchou stationed more than [-] troops in South Zhili, and the main force of Luck Dehun has also arrived in Nanjing.

"Once Jianlu prepares enough food, grass and supplies, it is likely to go south again, and it will be difficult to resist with the strength of Fang Guoan's troops. Zhejiang may fall to the enemy again."

Brother Zhu immediately said: "My lord, now that Kunming has been restored, the matter of quelling the chaos may be handed over to Duke Qian. Our army should return to Fujing immediately to prepare for any eventuality."

Zhu Linmin lowered her head and thought, with the combat power shown by Long Zaitian and Yang Weizhi's troops, if the battle is entrusted to them, even if they can defeat Sha Dingzhou, it will probably be a few years later.

Yunnan has already experienced repeated rebellions by Pumingsheng, Wubikui, and Shadingzhou. If it continues for a few more years, the people's livelihood will inevitably decline and the land will be in chaos.

The best situation right now is that the Dragon Guards can quickly deal with Sha Dingzhou, and then they will learn from Fu Jing.

But now that Lin'an is still in the hands of the enemy, Sha Dingzhou can escape from Lin'an and return to his old nest, Gelong, at any time.He immediately remembered Li Dingguo's crusade against Shadingzhou in history. In the early stage, Li Dingguo was powerful and pacified most of Yunnan in a short time. However, when Shadingzhou fled back to Ergelong, his offensive was immediately frustrated.

Ergelong is surrounded by nine mountains, and the terrain is extremely steep. Not to mention attacking, even if there is no defense, it will take a lot of effort for you to climb up.

Sha Dingzhou has been operating here for many years, and the food and grass reserves are sufficient. Li Dingguo led an army of [-] to besiege the place, but he was still unable to break through.

Li Dingguo was known as the "God of War of the Southern Ming Dynasty", so there was no doubt about the combat power of his subordinates, but he was still blocked at the foot of Ergelong Mountain.It can be seen from this that if the Dragon Guards attack this place by force, even if it can be defeated, the casualties will be very heavy.

It is absolutely unacceptable for Zhu Linmi to lose the Dragon Guards on the barren mountain where Mengzi was captured, not to mention that it would take a lot of time to attack around the mountain.

Zhu Linming did know the way Li Dingguo took Er Gelong back then - strictly guarding all water sources under the mountain, so that people in Shadingzhou could not get water, and finally fell due to lack of water.

But this tactic couldn't be carried out by itself. For one thing, it took too long, and it took Li Dingguo three months to exhaust the water stored in Ergelong.Second, Ergelong Mountain has a lot of water sources. Li Dingguo has tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands, and he can disperse the guards. However, the Dragon Guards only have 4000 people in Yunnan.

What should we do?Zhu Linmi frowned, the chieftains in Yunnan have a combined force of [-] to [-] troops, if they can use these troops, no, only half of them will be enough, let them besiege Ergelong, and in four or five months they will be able to Sha Dingzhou was exhausted.

But there are hundreds of chieftains in Yunnan, big and small, among them, those who are willing to contribute to the court like the Mu family can count them with one hand.

It is necessary to "mobilize the masses". He thought for a long time, and a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth. Several strategies emerged in his mind. problems can be solved together.”

Zhu Linmi turned her head and saw that all the officers were looking at her in surprise, she quickly waved her hands and said, "We're going to stay in Yunnan for a few more days.

"The decree is that the Guizhou Cen Jilu Department will be stationed in northern Yunnan to look after the chieftain of Dongchuan.

"2000 people from the Pixiong Division stayed in Qujing, and the rest were transferred to Kunming.

"The Dragon Guards will go south immediately, sending troops to Lin'an. Duke Qian and his troops will go with them."

"Yes!"

Mu Tianbo returned to the already devastated Prince Mu's Mansion, and had just paid homage to his mother and wife who had been forced to death by Sha Dingzhou, when he received an important task from the assistant king.

He immediately rushed to the study, collected his emotions, and wrote letters to the chieftains in Yunnan one by one.

The national hatred and family hatred supported him all night, until the next day when it was bright, he had written a total of [-] letters, and handed them over to Yang Weizhi, and ordered his cavalry to send them out separately.

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