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"Why did you come from outside the lion's mouth?" Sha Dingzhou asked in surprise.

Li Achu's face was flushed, and he said in shame: "General Mansion, five thousand...five thousand warriors are gone. These Han troops are so powerful that they can shoot blunderbuss on horseback. The fire blunderbuss of the Han army can be fired without igniting. Army guns are better."

Sha Dingzhou asked, "Are you ambushed by the main force of the Han army?"

Li Achu's face became even redder, and he lowered his head and said, "No, the Han army only...only a few hundred cavalry."

Sha Dingzhou was dumbfounded. This was his most elite unit, but it was wiped out by hundreds of cavalry.

After waiting for a long time, Sha Dingzhou dispatched his confidants to the south to make Wan's evacuation speed up.As for the treasure that was too bulky, let Wan throw it away directly. He must arrive in Xinxingzhou (Yuxi) as soon as possible, so that he can lead his army to catch up with the confluence.

Less than half a day after his confidant left, he ran back again, bringing two defeated soldiers with him.

The defeated soldiers cried: "General Mansion, Kunming is gone!"

Sha Dingzhou seemed to have been hit hard on the chest with a hammer.He stood still, breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Where's my treasure?"

"Not anymore." The defeated soldier replied.

Sha Dingzhou asked again: "Was it the Datong army that captured Kunming, or the Han rebels from Chuxiong?"

The defeated soldier shook his head: "I don't know."

"The city has been taken over by people, how come you don't know? Tell me! Why is there no such thing as Kunming!" Sha Dingzhou finally couldn't hold back, and roared furiously.

The defeated soldier replied: "The mistress asked us to collect civilian husbands and carriages, saying that they were used to transport treasures. Everyone is looting in the city, and Kunming is in chaos. It's dark in the middle of the night, and I don't know how many Han troops have come..."

Sha Dingzhou lost even the interest in cursing others, and sat down on the ground slumped, looking at the mountains in the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.

He felt that the past few years were like a dream.

First, he seduces his sister-in-law, makes her belly bigger, and spends money on buying a lot of good things for her.The sister-in-law was coaxed into a daze by him, and after she became pregnant, she offered to murder her husband.So, the uncle and sister-in-law joined hands to kill the elder brother.

Then, he trapped and killed his ex-husband's son and occupied his ex-husband's territory.

Then use the counselor's strategy to secretly instigate the chieftain to rebel.Mu Tianbo trusts Sha Dingzhou more and more because of his continuous counter-insurgency and meritorious service.When he put down the rebellion for the last time, he led his troops directly to the outside of Kunming city, Mu Tianbo still didn't have any doubts.

Then, Sha Dingzhou entered the city with a small number of personal soldiers and attacked the Imperial Palace and Prince Mu's Mansion by surprise.And his army outside the city also went to raid the Mu family's barracks outside the city.

The wealth accumulated by the Mu family for 300 years was seized by Shadingzhou, and most of Yunnan was also captured by him by force.

He felt that if he could be the king of Yunnan, even if he couldn't be crowned king, he could still seek an official position as a comfort envoy of Yunnan from Emperor Zhao.Because Emperor Zhao and the puppet emperor of Yunnan were enemies, since he had destroyed the puppet emperor of Yunnan, he would have made great contributions to Emperor Zhao.

The damn Emperor Zhao, who didn't reward those who made meritorious deeds, even sent troops to kill him, it didn't make any sense at all.

Gone, so many treasures are gone, so many lands are gone.

That night, Sha Dingzhou took only more than 2000 cavalry and fled in the dark, leaving tens of thousands of troops behind.He didn't dare to wait any longer, if the Han army from Chuxiong and Kunming came to kill him, he would be in a predicament of being attacked from both front and back.

As soon as the main general ran away, the tens of thousands of troops quickly messed up.

The soldiers who knew the truth wanted to flee back to their hometown in a panic.The soldiers who didn't know the situation thought that the Datong Army attacked at night and broke down in the barracks like headless chickens.

Sensing the movement of the enemy army, Huang Yao said with a smile: "Shoot into the valley and wipe out the enemy army!"

(Many book friends asked about the Buddha's capstone, which is a kind of gold ore, shaped like the top of a human head, and the top is golden, and is described as the top of Buddha's head.)

Chapter 590 [Annan Invasion of Soil]

Sha Dingzhou really ran away. This guy didn't dare to go in the direction of Kunming, and went straight south along Minghu Lake (Yangzonghai), all the way through the ravine to escape crazily.

After he got out of the mountain, he plunged into the ravine near Fuxian Lake again, and ran to Mengzi, the Sha family's old nest, in a detour.

At this moment, the Guangxi Datong Army has reached Maitreya Prefecture and the Third Department of Education (Wenshan).The nearest Datong Army is less than two hundred miles away from Mengzi, but that is a straight line distance, and they have to cross mountains and ridges all the way.

Sha Dingzhou returned to his hometown in Mengzi and asked the more than 2000 cavalry to set off immediately with their relatives, taking away the hoarded money and food.

Along the mountain business road, defected to Vietnam.

Although this business road is remote, there are many caravans coming and going.Goods from Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan were transported by caravans to the Sino-Vietnamese border, that is, the area around Hekou and Laojie in later generations, and they could go directly to Thang Long Mansion (Hanoi, Vietnam) along the Tao River.

And the large area west of the estuary, from Jinping County in later generations to Laizhou City in Vietnam, all belong to the Mu family's private territory!

The city of Laizhou in Vietnam still belongs to the border at this time.The land of about 300 square kilometers was quietly occupied by the Mu family. It was inherited by Wu Sangui in history, and was invaded by Vietnam after Wu Sangui's demise.

Although there is no yamen in Lao Cai, as a border commercial pier, the Zheng Zhu regime of the Northern Dynasty in Vietnam has always sent troops to station here.

Sha Dingzhou came with more than 2000 cavalry, including family members and servants, there were as many as seven to eight thousand.

The Vietnamese army was taken aback, and after careful inquiry, it turned out that they had come to seek refuge.

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Vietnam, Thang Long Province.

Zheng Bing is 69 years old this year. He is old but not old-hearted. He took the initiative to provoke the war four years ago.Moreover, they have sent troops for two consecutive years, and have repeatedly fought and failed repeatedly, vowing to destroy the southern Ruan regime in Vietnam.

During the period, he also received help from the Dutch.

The East India Company not only shipped artillery, but also Dutch gunners, and even considered whether to sell matchlock guns.

The reason why the Netherlands got involved was because the Ruan regime in the south had burned churches and expelled Dutch businessmen several years ago.In today's Vietnamese market, the Northern Dynasty of Zheng Zhu was dominated by Dutch merchants, and the Southern Dynasty of Ruan Zhu was dominated by Han merchants.

"My lord, my dynasty must not take in Sha Dingzhou, otherwise it will definitely be a crime against China." Zheng Rongfu, an aristocrat of Li Fan, said.

Li Gang, who knew the soldiers, retorted: "Our dynasty is in danger of mountains and rivers, and the mountains and barren mountains can block the Han army. I am not afraid that the Han army will not come. If they come, the miasma and poisonous insects will be enough. They will definitely be infected with the plague. At that time, Our army took the opportunity to fight out, so couldn't we win a big victory?"

Wu Zongru, a member of Hufan Zhifan, said: "China has a large land, rich resources and a large population. It can be defeated once, twice or even ten times, but how many times can our army win? My lord, the southern expedition failed three years ago, and the treasury is already empty. My lord And let the Ministry of Households raise food and prepare for the next southern expedition. At this critical moment, how can we provoke powerful enemies again?"

Vietnam's official system is fully imitated in China.

There were six in Ming Dynasty, and six in Vietnam.

There are six subjects in Ming Dynasty, and six subjects in Vietnam.

There are five temples in Daming, and there is one more Shangbao Temple in Vietnam, which is in charge of the emperor's seal.This was temporarily added by Zheng Zhu's regime. The seal of the eunuch was in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and of course the seal of the powerful officials in Vietnam. The puppet emperor should not even try to touch the jade seal.

Moreover, Vietnamese Lord Zheng also played Zhang Juzheng's set.

Zhang Juzheng used six subjects to seize the power of the six departments, and Zheng Zhu also used the six divisions to seize the power of the six departments.

Hearing what Wu Zongru, a householder, said, Zheng Ting tended to make good friends with China and refused to take Shadingzhou to lead troops to join him.After all, there is still a ruler Ruan in the south whose regime has not been destroyed. He has failed to send troops to the south twice in a row. It is really inappropriate to provoke a strong enemy when the treasury is empty.

Li Gang cupped his hands and said, "My lord, if we make friends with China, do we want to return Mujiaxun Village?"

Mu Family Xunzhuang is the Mu family's private territory, some of which were bestowed by the imperial court, and most of them are occupied by the Mu family themselves.

Mu Tianbo was driven by Sha Dingzhou to run all over the place, so naturally he couldn't care about his Xunzhuang.There was no government office there, and it was all managed by the Mu family's slaves. The slaves brought their tenants to Vietnam and took the opportunity to embezzle the Mu family's land, and Vietnam was happy to have an extra piece of land to pay taxes.

This old guy Zheng Bing has a strong desire to expand, how can he be willing to spit out the territory he has swallowed in his mouth?

Seeing him pondering, Wu Zongru quickly advised him: "My lord, don't betray the kingdom of heaven because of a little land. Otherwise, there may be a catastrophe!"

Zheng Bing raised his hand to signal silence, he had to think about this matter carefully.

That piece of land is really not small, after all, the Zheng family only controls half of Vietnam.Moreover, some of the northern territories of Vietnam in later generations are still in the hands of the Nanzhang Kingdom (Laos).

After being silent for a full quarter of an hour, Zheng Bing said: "The two thousand cavalry in Sha Dingzhou are indeed an important force, and they will be useful in fighting against the Ruan puppet dynasty in the future. The newly attached land in the north is the territory of our dynasty. , naturally cannot give up lightly..."

Having said this, Zheng Bing changed the subject: "However, China really cannot be offended. The Ministry of Rites ordered envoys to be sent immediately to Nanjing to present land and proclaim their ministers with the letter of credence and a map. That Emperor Zhao of Nanjing, if he asks for Sha Dingzhou , then we’ll send it when the time comes. Emperor Zhao wants Mu’s Xun Zhuang, so we’ll give him back some at that time.”

This old fellow made a good plan, he accepted Sha Dingzhou first, and let Sha Dingzhou lead his troops to attack the Ruan family.

When the use was over, the Chinese emperor asked about it, then trapped and killed Sha Dingzhou, and sent the head of Sha Dingzhou to Nanjing.By the way, he swallowed all the tribes and goods of Sha Dingzhou!

As for the Mu family's private territory, they can rely on it if they can, and return it if they can't, and only part of it is tentatively returned.If Emperor Zhao reacted strongly, it would not be too late to return all the territory.

"My lord Shengming!"

The officials immediately shouted that they were very satisfied with this approach.

The border soldiers got the order and took Shadingzhou across the river.When he came to Vietnam, Sha Dingzhou felt that he had escaped from the sky, but he did not dare to take it lightly. He was always on guard against the vicious intentions of the Vietnamese.

But the Vietnamese people are also suffering. The country has been divided for hundreds of years and has been in a state of war.

More than 20 years ago, civil strife broke out in Zheng's family, and he fought himself first.Then, the Zheng family fought against Mo Chao again until the year when Chongzhen succeeded to the throne.More than ten years ago, the Zheng family took the initiative to fight the Ruan family, and after the defeat, they ceased their troops.Four or three years ago, the Zheng family, who had saved up enough money and food, sent troops to attack the Ruan family again.

This is still in the north, and the Ruan family in the south has been fighting and expanding their territory southward.

The people of Vietnam were heavily taxed and many died of starvation. From the continuous outbreak of uprisings, they have now become numb.

Let Chinese businessmen go to Vietnam to buy grain?

Sorry, the Vietnamese don't have enough to eat by themselves.There are gentry merchants who are willing to sell some at a high price, but they are controlled by the northern and southern courts. Lord Zheng and Lord Ruan both need food to fight the war, and they do not allow too much domestic food to flow out.

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After Shadingzhou was defeated and fled, there were only small chieftains left in Yunnan.

A plate of loose sand cannot overturn the sky, and three regular divisions of the Datong Army are enough to level the Yunnan chieftain several times.

After Ding Jiasheng occupied Mengzi, he fought all the way to Diansi in Xichu (southeast of Honghe Prefecture), and a servant of the Mu family came to see him.

"General, please take back the country!" The servant knelt down when he saw him.

Ding Jiasheng asked, "What's your name?"

The slave replied: "Reporting to the general, the younger one's name is Mu En, and he was originally the son of a small farmer in Mu's Xunzhuang. An evil slave killed my father, took the farm and went to Annan, and dedicated all the Xuntian of Mu's family. Give it to Fanbang Xiaoguo!"

The matter is definitely not that simple, most likely because of the uneven distribution of the spoils, which caused the Mu family's slaves to kill each other.

Dan Ding Jiasheng didn't bother to ask such things, he just said: "How much land was taken by An Nanguo?"

Mu En replied: "The size of two or three counties!"

This guy is exaggerating and causing trouble, but it is not too outrageous. 300 square kilometers is indeed enough for one or two small counties.

Those lands, without an official name, were divided into manors one after another, and each manor was managed by the Mu family faction.Among them, there are even military settlements set up by the Ming Dynasty before, and the military households and land were all privately embezzled by the Mu family.

Moreover, this is only a part of the Mu family's farmland, and the Mu family's land is spread all over Yunnan.

"Two or three counties are as big as An Nanguo?" Ding Jiasheng began to talk to himself.

If it was Huang Yao and Liu Xinyu, they would definitely lead troops to kill them and take the territory back from Vietnam.

But Ding Jiasheng was born as a scholar. He picked up a copy of "Da Tong Ji" and read it, and he dared to rebel against the landlords and divide the land.His political sense is extremely keen. From the fact that Annan invaded and occupied the border of Guangxi a few years ago, and the imperial court has always ordered the soldiers to stay still, it can be seen that the emperor must be playing Annan's idea.

Ding Jiasheng thought about it, wrote a memorial, and sent someone to Nanjing immediately.

He deliberately kept those territories from being recovered, and he resolutely refused to meet the Vietnamese army.Its purpose is nothing more than to give the emperor an excuse to send troops in the future, and it can also paralyze Vietnam's Lord Zheng and his subjects, making them feel that China has no interest in those territories.

Two months later, Zhao Han received Ding Jiasheng's memorial and said to the cabinet ministers with a smile: "The commanders of each division, in terms of long-term vision, only Lu Xiangsheng, Li Dingguo, and Ding Jiasheng. It’s good at it, but it’s not so interesting to seek the country.”

Song Yingxing said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, I have met a man with both wisdom and courage."

"The Annan Zheng family is quite courageous," Zhao Han couldn't help but sighed, "Annan is divided into two, and the Zheng family can't even defeat the Ruan family. How dare he occupy China's territory?"

Pang Chunlai said: "It's just that you are blinded by profit. Just like Shadingzhou and Wanshi, there are only tens of thousands of local soldiers, and most of them were recruited in the past two years. With a little power, they dare to occupy most of Yunnan and even dare to ask His Majesty for Yunnan. The duty of a consolation envoy."

Zhao Han said: "Let's let him go for two years. After the chieftains in Yunnan are completely calmed down and the people of all ethnic groups are appeased, I will send troops to Annan to ask for an explanation."

Li Banghua hesitated to speak, but he did not persuade him after all.

In Li Banghua's mind, the country has gone through more than ten years of war and natural disasters, and the next thing to do is to cultivate life and rest.

As for the national territory, it is enough to expand westward to Jiayuguan, northward to Hetao, and eastward to the border of the Liao Great Wall.Hami and other places outside Jiayuguan, the grasslands in the north, the territory east of the Great Wall of Liao Dynasty, and Qinghai and Tibet, all need to set up capitals and rule them.

There is really no need to go militaristically and occupy the bitter, cold and barren land. It will not produce much food, but instead have to subsidize maintenance costs.

Annan, send troops to fight a battle, and it will be fine until he becomes a minister. It would be great if he can take back the territory he has and let Annan send envoys to pay tribute.The Ming Dynasty also occupied Annan, and set up the Jiaozhi Province, but it also rebelled and became independent. The Ming court did not know how much military expenditure it cost.

But Zhao Han was the founding emperor of the country, and ten cows would not be able to bring back what he decided, so Li Banghua didn't even bother to persuade him.

Chapter 591 [The issue of foreign slaves]

Qinhuai River, Fengyue business has become more and more sluggish in recent years.

The reason is very simple. The common people's life is better, and the number of prostitutes will naturally decrease.What's more, the imperial court severely cracked down on human trafficking, and those caught were often exiled or beheaded.

Even the girls from Golan Washeri were immigrated to the north in batches.In the northern provinces, not only the population has decreased sharply, but also the ratio of male to female is abnormal. There are dozens of quotas for female immigrants every year along the Qinhuai River—almost semi-mandatory.

However, in the past two years, Nanjing's Fengyue industry has gradually begun to recover.

Pinnacle Building is full of business today.

An old prostitute with a lingering charm stepped up to the stairs and said to the guests in the lobby downstairs: "My daughter is getting married today, thank you all distinguished guests for coming to join us in your busy schedule. This first level, the topic has already been revealed. After more than a month, everyone must have the answer. Please listen to the question. The towering ancient temple is hidden in the mountains and forests. Eat a bowl of soup. May I ask you, sir, how many monks are there in the monastery?"

"I'm coming, I'm coming!"

"I can do this too!"

"..."

All the guests raised their hands one after another, a very simple equation problem, and it was announced one month in advance.Even people who don't know how to calculate have already found someone to calculate the answer.