Let’s first learn about how Sha Dingzhou used underhanded tactics in history. When Wu Bikui rebelled, Prince Mu and the governor of Yunnan summoned chieftains to encircle and suppress him. Sha Dingzhou also responded, waiting for him to arrive in Kunming. Bikui had committed suicide. A banquet was held in Prince Mu's palace. After the chieftains ate, drank and had fun, they went back. However, Sha Dingzhou lingered on as before. He was stationed outside the city. He spent every day in the city drinking and drinking, sometimes in Mu. Mu Tianbo was a guest in the palace, and Mu Tianbo didn't have any doubts, because his father Sha Yuan was very loyal to the palace. He just thought that maybe this guy from the ravine had never seen this colorful world and just lingered for a while, but he didn't know that Sha Dingzhou had actually been planning. Prepare.
On the first day of December, he took action.
To put it into perspective, Wu Bikui rebelled in September and was defeated in October. This guy will still be in Kunming in December!
I have to say that Prince Mu’s house has a big heart.
It also has to be said that Sha Dingzhou is very scheming and has not revealed his flaws for such a long time.
Or maybe it was because soldiers and horses were camped outside the city on weekdays, so Mu Tianbo didn't think too much about it. Anyway, on the first day of the new year, Sha Dingzhou led people into the city. He said he came to say goodbye to Prince Mu's Mansion, and then he went straight in. Who can resist this guy in a hurry? What’s more, he has the cooperation of a traitor. Prince Mu’s Palace can’t stop him, nor can Kunming City. He easily allows Prince Mu’s Palace to control Kunming City. Mu Tianbo has several confidants. Under the protection of the guards, he hurriedly escaped with his official seal and hereditary iron certificate. However, his mother and wife fled into the nunnery and committed suicide. His two younger brothers were also killed. Sha Dingzhou sent people to hunt him down. Fortunately, he was killed by Long Zaitian and Lu on the way. Yongming protected him and went to Chuxiong to save his life.
In history, Mu Tianbo had never been suspicious of Sha Dingzhou and had never been on guard against him, but it was different now. The emperor sent a secret order to him to be on guard, and he was worried and sent a secret order to the governor to urge him to follow the order. What is Sha Dingzhou doing? What's wrong?
Sha Dingzhou was happy. The people who sent him to Kunming came back and said that Mu Tianbo returned to Kunming because he was sure of victory and it was too hard to join the army. This news came from Yuan Guohong and Zhang Guoyong, who also came back.
How could Sha Dingzhou not be happy when he heard this news.
Wu Bikui's side is still struggling in the final battle with the chieftain alliance, but he doesn't care whether he lives or dies in Shadingzhou. Now that most of the troops are contained there, he can be a monster in Kunming. What's more, Prince Mu's Mansion didn't have any doubts about him.
After discussing with Tang Jingjia, he decided to march quickly. At this time, Wu Bikui had attracted most of the combined forces of officers and soldiers. The empty city defense in Kunming was a good time for them to take action. If they waited for the troops to withdraw back, they could take action again. It's difficult.
Although Fuxian Lake is only more than a hundred miles away from Kunming City, there are mountains and forests all the way to the north. In addition, most of its soldiers are infantry. The maximum walking distance is thirty to fifty miles in one day. It is estimated that it will take three days to reach Kunming, but just At this moment, Prince Mu's Mansion sent someone to ask why it was so slow.
Sha Dingzhou dispatched the incoming people calmly, and then after discussing with Tang Jiajia, they decided to take a step forward to Kunming City to stabilize Prince Mu's Mansion, and make arrangements in advance to act according to the situation.
He arrived outside Kunming City in a day and a half and sent people into the city to report. Soon news came from Prince Mu's Mansion, telling his soldiers and horses to be outside and that he could enter the city. Sha Dingzhou thought that his soldiers and horses had not arrived yet, so he led his followers Entering the city, he was stopped again and told that he could not travel with more than ten people.
This made Mr. and Mrs. Sha Dingzhou and Tang Jingjia tremble in their hearts. In the past, they came to Kunming City, and although their entourage was less than a hundred, there were dozens of them. Why this time...
I felt uneasy, could it be that I had been betrayed?
who?
Ruan Yunjia? It is impossible that he is deceiving himself now. Yuan Guohong and Zhang Guoyong are double agents?
Not likely.
But if he doesn't enter the city now, it means that Mu Tianbo is suspicious, but if he is really sold, he will be taken away in a pot as soon as he enters. After thinking about it, Sha Dingzhou decided to enter the city with Tang Jianjia and a few followers. , Wan stayed outside the city just in case.
Sha Dingzhou guessed half of it right, no one betrayed him, and Mu Tianbo didn't find anything suspicious about him. However, because of Emperor Chongzhen's secret order, he had to be on guard. After discussing with Wu Zhaoyuan and others, he deliberately tested it, and in order to be on guard against the Duke's palace. Someone tipped off the news, but only a few people knew about this probing move, and neither Yuan Guohong nor Zhang Guoyong knew about it, otherwise Sha Dingzhou would not have been shocked.
According to what Mu Tianbo thought, if Sha Dingzhou had a ghost in his heart, he would not dare to enter the city alone, so when he heard that Sha Dingzhou entered the city with only five people, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and thought that the court was overthinking it. It was most likely that it was Which political enemy deliberately sent false information to the court? And if Sha Dingzhou really had different intentions, shouldn't they report it to themselves first?
Even Wu Zhaoyuan thought so. After all, Sha Dingzhou had been well hidden before. No one knew that this chieftain in a ravine had such deep plans. He even suspected that a local official in Yunnan was deliberately spreading alarmism and secretly reporting to the court in order to achieve meritorious deeds. Made this happen.
Outside Prince Mu's Mansion, Sha Dingzhou looked up at the plaque of the Duke's Mansion, his heart jumped suddenly, and his whole body felt like an electric shock. This is mine. I will get you sooner or later!
The side door of the mansion opened, and a sinister middle-aged man came to greet him with a smile. This man was Yu Xipeng (Yi Zuoyu), the new housekeeper of Prince Mu's Palace. Historically, this man surrendered directly after Sha Dingzhou entered Prince Mu's Palace. He followed Mu Tianbo as a vanguard, chasing Mu Tianbo everywhere. Later, Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo were captured, and Mu Tianbo cut his body into five pieces.
These are all things for later. Yu Xipeng is currently prospering in Prince Mu's palace. Youdao is the seventh-rank official in front of the Prime Minister's house. What he said is that the gatekeepers of the Prime Minister's house are all seventh-rank officials. But Mu The royal palace is equivalent to the local emperor in Yunnan, and Yu Xipeng is not a gatekeeper, he is equivalent to the prime minister, he is very awesome.
Sha Dingzhou was also very polite to him. Mu Tianbo, a mere chieftain, would not greet him in person, but using this butler to greet him was also a face-saving gift, so he secretly gave Yu Xipeng some money. My friend smiled and accepted it without saying a word, and led him to the palace. On the way, Sha Dingzhou made some innuendoes and did not find out anything. After all, Yu Xipeng was not with him at this meeting, so he naturally wouldn't reveal any secrets.
Needless to say, every inch of Prince Mu's palace is luxurious and luxurious. Sha Dingzhou can't suppress the fierce possessive desire in his heart every time he comes. But now he firmly suppresses the urge to follow Yu Xipeng to see Mu Tianbo. But they discovered that there were also local bigwigs such as Governor Wu Zhaoyuan.
Sha Dingzhou entered the palace and saluted. Mu Tianbo, Wu Zhaoyuan and others stood up and saluted. Chieftains were ethnic minorities in later generations, and they also treated them with more favors and woos like later generations. In fact, most of the past dynasties had a soft policy towards them. Only those who really didn't know what was good or bad. Only then will he be beaten severely.
Therefore, Mu Tianbo, Wu Zhaoyuan and others did not put on airs in front of Sha Dingzhou, because in addition to his father being on good terms with Prince Mu's Mansion, he was also one of the top chieftains in Yunnan. Such people should be given some face.
The Wubikui rebellion is such an urgent matter, how could you be so slow! As soon as Sha Dingzhou sat down, Wu Zhaoyuan asked. Sha Dingzhou didn't like this attitude. It was said that there were not many local chieftains as good as court officials.
But now Sha Dingzhou is still answering honestly, and even looks a little timid. Mu Tianbo looks a little pleased in his eyes. He sent someone to question him a few days ago, and Sha Dingzhou was already ready at that time. I've said it before, but now I say it again sincerely, without a trace of doubt.
It's just that it's almost the Chinese New Year and it's cold. It takes time to gather troops, horses and food. More importantly, we are really far away... It's true. Historically, Wu Bikui rebelled in September 1645, but now he arrives early. When the New Year is approaching, although the New Year of most ethnic minorities is different from that of the Han people, but now that the world is unified, even if they are not their New Year, they will also celebrate the New Year. Anyway, to say it, I am far away and my territory is large. It takes time for people to send troops.
Moreover, he patted his chest and asked for a fight. One day later, his troops arrived in Kunming, and he was willing to serve as a vanguard and immediately go to Yuanmou to attack Wu Bikui!
After listening to his heartfelt words, Mu Tianbo and Wu Zhaoyuan looked at each other, feeling a little confused. No matter how they looked at his words, they didn't sound like they had any different intentions.
Was he really framed by someone else?
Hesitating for a moment, Mu Tianbo put him in his house to rest, saying that he would discuss it the next day. In fact, he wanted to see it again and discuss with Wu Zhaoyuan and others what to do next.
