Sha Dingzhou was raiding the front of the army at this time.
After the two cavalrymen came back, they clasped their fists and bowed to Sha Dingzhou: "General, Yang Weizhi said that Mu Tianbo is no longer in Chuxiong, but has fled to Yongchang Prefecture. He also said that it is not certain whether General Sha or Mu Tianbo is the rebel, so it is inconvenient to open the city to accept him."
"Yongchang?" Sha Dingzhou hurriedly called his subordinates to open the map and examine it carefully.
Although the straight-line distance between Chuxiong and Yongchang is less than 500 miles, the actual distance is close to 1,000 miles.
"Has the news about the spies in the city leaked out?" Sha Dingzhou put away the map and asked Chen Changming beside him.
Chen Changming took out the secret letter from his arms, opened it and said, "The news that the spies passed on last night has just been delivered to the army. According to the spies, Mu Tianbo has indeed left Chuxiong and headed for Yongchang Prefecture."
Sha Dingzhou looked at the towering city walls in the distance and felt a little conflicted.
Although he couldn't see the specific situation on the city wall, he had already imagined the scene of numerous cannon muzzles in his mind.
If you want to attack a city, you have to commit troops and bear casualties.
If you don’t attack the city, you have to go around it!
Attack? Or go around?
To be on the safe side, we must capture Chuxiong and carefully erode the Ming army's cities step by step.
However, this would consume a great deal of time and manpower, resulting in insufficient manpower to chase Mu Tianbo.
He can't let Mu Tianbo get away.
The Mu family has a great influence in Yunnan.
As long as Mu Tianbo is alive, he cannot sleep peacefully, nor can he completely conquer Yunnan.
While he was struggling, Sha Dingzhou thought of another question. He asked Wan, who was beside him, "Madam, how is the official document to the court going?"
"Don't worry, my husband," Wan's beautiful eyes flickered, "The official document from Yunnan Governor Wu Zhaoyuan and Grand Secretary Wang Xigun has been sent to Nanjing. The content of the document is: Tianbo rebelled, Dingzhou suppressed it, please take over the Yunnan administration."
Sha Dingzhou laughed: "Don't they prefer death to writing official documents? How did you do it, Madam?"
Wan chuckled, "Secret."
Why?
Sha Dingzhou suddenly felt his scalp itchy, as if something was about to grow out.
However, he did not take this matter to heart. Those who achieve great things do not care about trivial matters.
With the official documents from Yunnan Governor Wu Zhaoyuan and Grand Secretary Wang Xigun as evidence, Sha Dingzhou felt much more at ease.
After receiving the memorial, the imperial court would certainly doubt its authenticity and would send people to find out the truth.
By the time the truth was revealed, he had already taken over the entire Yunnan.
"As for Chu Xiong..." After some hesitation, Sha Ding waved his hand and said, "Pass the order to bypass Chu Xiong and chase Mu Tianbo!"
Chen Changming hurriedly suggested: "It is not difficult to bypass Chuxiong, but the grain route will be exposed to Yang Weizhi."
"No problem," Sha Dingzhou smiled coldly, "We won't be transporting food from Yunnan this time. We'll collect food locally whenever we capture a place."
"Rob?" Chen Changming was horrified: "If we provoke the tribes, they will probably backfire!"
"What are you robbing? We are government troops, we can't do that!" Sha Dingzhou rolled his eyes at Chen Changming and continued, "The wealth of Prince Mu's mansion is as rich as a country. If they take out a small portion of it, they can buy out all the grain reserves in Yunnan!"
"So that's it!" Chen Changming suddenly realized.
After being shocked, Chen Changming suddenly thought of a question. He asked Sha Dingzhou in a low voice: "Sir, you promised to give your subordinates a percentage of the family property after conquering Prince Mu's Mansion. I wonder..."
"Remember it!" Sha Dingzhou felt cold in his heart, but his face was full of smiles: "I will fulfill my promise after I kill Mu Tianbo and pacify Yunnan."
"Don't worry!" Afraid that Chen Changming would be worried, Sha Dingzhou patted his shoulder gently.
Chen Changming let out a long sigh and became more respectful to Sha Dingzhou.
Under the command of Sha Dingzhou, the army bypassed Chuxiong and continued to pursue Mu Tianbo.
A day later, Sha Dingzhou's main force arrived outside Chuxiong City.
They divided their troops into two groups outside the city, and headed north to capture Mouding, Yao'an, Dayao and other counties.
All the way northwest to Dali, catching up with Sha Dingzhou.
In just two months, Sha Dingzhou captured large cities in central and eastern Yunnan.
The entire Yunnan province is in danger.
Mu Tianbo in Yongchang City took a pen and paper and wrote another official document. After sealing it, he told Jiao Shi beside him: "Madam, report this document to the court."
"Why not just forget it..." Jiao smiled bitterly: "I have sent three official documents to the court this month, but there has been no response..."
"No..." Mu Tianbo's eyebrows twisted into a knot: "Does His Majesty think that I am plotting a rebellion?"
"It shouldn't be the case. Jinyiwei can testify for us."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Mu Tianbo was delighted: "The Jinyiwei were also there when Sha Dingzhou rebelled. They can help me testify!"
After being happy, Mu Tianbo became worried again: "Since Your Majesty believes that I am not plotting a rebellion, why hasn't the reinforcement arrived yet?"
"Maybe it's on the way..." Jiao muttered to herself as she looked at the sky outside the door.
The sky outside is sunny and clear.
In the Imperial Palace, Chongzhen tapped his fingers and read out two names: "Wen Anzhi, Li Dingguo."
Wang Chengen was stunned for a moment, then said, "Your Majesty, Wen Anzhi has no experience in leading troops, and Li Dingguo is a bandit who surrendered. If we ask them to go to Yunnan to quell the rebellion, I'm afraid it will be too late..."
He didn't say the word "mob".
Chongzhen laughed and said: "The Yunnan Incident cannot be resolved by force alone. It requires a combination of civil and military forces."
"Appoint Wen Anzhi as the Governor of Yunnan, in charge of government affairs, appoint Li Dingguo as the general, and Sun Kewang as the guerrilla general, and have them follow Wen Anzhi into Yunnan to quell the rebellion."
"Eating is under the charge of Wen Anzhi, and fighting is under the charge of Li Dingguo. Let's arrange it this way!"
Chongzhen had his reasons for making such arrangements.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
