"The Ming army finally moved!"
In Kunming, Prince Dian's Mansion, Sun Kewang raised his head, his eyes looking vicissitudes of life and a bit gloomy.
The long beard was combed meticulously, the messy long hair became smooth, and the cheeks became plumper.
There were dozens of maids serving on the side, but Sun Kewang still felt that it was not enough.
After being named Queen of Qin, she regarded herself as the emperor, and even stipulated that the word "Qin" should be added before the title of all government offices. The Daxi court in Jianchang was reduced to a decoration.
What made him most regretful was that there was no royal palace in Yunnan and the castration technology was unqualified. After many attempts, the castrated boys always died, so the process could only be stopped abruptly.
He always felt uncomfortable without eunuchs to serve him.
The harem, which was as large as a hundred people, made people feel uneasy.
"Your Majesty, now that Ming thieves are attacking, the imperial court is unstable!"
Yang Changzhi, who was the king of Qin and regarded himself as prime minister, said anxiously: "The only plan for now is to gather troops and horses to Kunming to fight to the death with the Ming thieves."
"Confused——" Although Sun Kewang enjoyed wealth more, he still remained somewhat calm. Years of combat experience told him that this kind of thinking could only wait for death.
"As long as we send troops to guard the official road, the Ming army will not be able to enter."
Wearing the loose royal robe, Sun Kewang remained dignified, but the cold sweat on his chest and back made him uncomfortable, even though it was silk and satin from Suzhou.
"Let Bai Wenxuan lead the troops to Qujing. We must keep the official line. As long as we survive the summer and the autumn rain comes, the Ming army will naturally be defeated."
Zhu Yuanzhang's 300,000-strong army swept through Yunnan after breaking through Qujing.
The old Pu'an-Guizhou Road (also known as East Road, Pu'an Road), commonly known as Huguang Pu'an Road, was the most important road connecting Yunnan to the mainland of China in the Ming Dynasty.
In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang recruited hundreds of thousands of military households and built this official road from Guizhou to Yunnan. Along the way, he set up a series of military camps with thousands of households.
Because of this road, Guizhou Province was established during the Yongle period, so the main population of Guizhou was basically distributed near Guandao.
From Kunming to Qujing, it leads to Anshun and Guiyang in Guizhou, enters Huguang, and then reaches Yuanzhou (now Zhijiang County) via Huangshuiyi and Bianshuiyi. It is a total of 1890 miles from Yunnan to Yuanzhou.
Sun Kewang raised his head and looked at the prominent and wealthy Prince Qin's palace, feeling a little lost for a moment.
Starting from Mizhi, I wandered for more than 10 years and finally established a foothold in Yunnan.
Under pressure from the Ming army, he tried his best to expand the army and increase production of supplies.
More than 100,000 captured barbarian and Ming troops were ordered to camp in the fields, with an annual income of three million taels of grain; a commercial tax was added to encourage the Tea Horse Road, with an annual income of one million taels; the chieftains were weakened, and supplies and money were requisitioned to enrich the palace, resulting in an accumulation of nearly 10 million taels. Gems, furs.
Others like encouraging farming and building dams, just like his adoptive father Zhang Xianzhong, he would listen to the words of scholars and do it as long as they had sincere opinions from scholars. Then he would learn some Ming army policies, which became a hodgepodge.
However, even though he worked hard to get into Yunnan Da'an, just last year, in the exam he held, he couldn't even get a hundred candidates for the one hundred places, which made him lose face.
"Is the Ming Dynasty that good?" Sun Kewang's eyes were full of confusion, and he murmured: "Even if they give women or money, they don't want it, and they don't want to be officials. They only think about the Ming army hundreds of miles away in Guizhou. .”
"Scholars are really cheap."
After cursing, Sun Kewang ignored Yang Changzhi's expression and said distressedly: "Open the treasury and let the military households in the field have a rest, put on their armor, pick up their weapons, and come with me to fight against the thieves."
"Your Majesty, those villagers used to be the Ming army..."
"What's the matter? My adoptive father was also in the Ming army before. Didn't he still kill all the rebels?"
Sun Kewang said in a deep voice: "I finally understand. There are many scholars, but only those warriors are reliable."
"Tell those villagers that I will allocate fifty acres of land to each of them. After defeating the Ming army, I will allocate another fifty acres and allow them to be free——"
Yang Changzhi was stunned and stammered: "Your Majesty, this is all our land."
"I can't bear to let the child trap the wolf."
Sun Kewang gritted his teeth and said, "When we lose, we will have nothing. We might as well divide the land first."
"Do you need to notify Jianchang?"
"I have Ming troops here, how can I survive in Jianchang? I'm afraid the Sichuan soldiers have already been fully prepared, or have already taken action."
Sun Kewang's actions shocked the entire Kunming.
Hundreds of thousands of people were moved and rejoiced:
"Master Wang is coming——"
Businessmen needed goods from Huguang and Jiangnan; scholars wanted to take part in the imperial examination; and the gentry longed for peace and progress.
Only the farmers were calmer.
Whether it is the imperial court or the King of Qin, they are the ruling class and must pay taxes, and no one can escape.
After several years of accumulation, it suddenly exploded.
In the Qin army, there are three thousand cavalry, more than 30,000 well-trained veterans and elite soldiers, one hundred thousand ordinary infantry, and twenty thousand barbarians, totaling 160,000, and 300,000 are announced to the outside world.
To this end, Sun Ke hoped to recruit more than 200,000 civilians to transport military supplies.
Bai Wenxuan first raised 20,000 elite soldiers and 30,000 infantry in front to guard Kunjing, the gateway.
Sun Kewang later led the remaining troops and horses behind him, thinking that he had suppressed the formation.
However, it is said that in Guizhou, after one and a half years of farming and with the support of Lingnan, Guiyang accumulated millions of dan of grain and grass, enough to launch a campaign.
Zhu Meng had petitioned the imperial court as early as last year to regain Yunnan, which had been occupied for many years, after the summer harvest, that is, in early June.
This time, Zhu Meng mobilized 100,000 Ming troops, including 30,000 elites, 20,000 infantry, 10,000 barbarians, and 30,000 infantry recruited from Guangdong and Guangxi.
The number of troops is about 100,000.
Compared with Sun Kewang's, it was not enough, but the advantage lay in the cavalry. There were more than 5,000 people, all of whom were elite cavalrymen with one person and two horses.
However, even though Zhu Meng tried his best, he only allowed Guizhou to recruit 100,000 corvees to transport grain and grass.
It can be said that the controlled population under the imperial court at this time was only more than one million, and this small amount of corvee work almost made the entire young people of Guizhou run around.
"After this war, I will definitely ask your Majesty to exempt Guizhou from taxes for three years."
Zhu Meng made a promise.
As the commander-in-chief of Guizhou, Li Dingguo felt incredible about Sun Kewang's huge military strength and said with a headache:
"Yunnan is full of passes, and cavalry is of little use. We must fight quickly this time."
"Although I don't know where Sun Kewang got so many soldiers and horses, but he has not been in battle for several years, and he is definitely not as good as our army."
Zhu Meng looked at Li Dingguo who was in deep thought and said with a smile: "And don't forget, the people of Yunnan are in Ming Dynasty, not in Sun City. This is our greatest advantage."
Li Dingguo didn't care about popular sentiment. Military morale was the key to everything.
"The Duke of Guizhou will arrive tomorrow, don't be late."
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