Yang Weizhi was the deputy envoy of Yunnan. He was preparing troops in Jincang. He wandered around Yongchang (now Baoshan) and Dali all year round, far away from Kunming, the center of power in Yunnan. Therefore, his name was not known in the government and the public. Even Mu Tianbo didn't pay much attention to this person, so he had When Zhi Changyu sent people to summon Yang Weizhi, he felt very strange. He had no idea how important this person was to him in history!
Historically, after Sha Dingzhou entered Prince Mu's Mansion, Mu Tianbo and others took advantage of the chaos to escape. It was Yang Weizhi who escorted him to Chuxiong to temporarily settle down. Soon after, Sha Dingzhou came to kill him. He had to kill Mu Tianbo to truly replace him. Facing the rebels in Sha Dingzhou, Yang Weizhi and the official Wang Yunkai stood firm in Chuxiong and refused to surrender. However, Chuxiong had just captured Wu Bikui and had not recovered its strength. In addition, Shadingzhou had strong troops (after defeating Kunming, he also recruited several chieftains). Yang Weizhi was worried that he would not be able to stop him, so he asked Mu Tianbo to go to Yongchang to escape first. The pass there was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Mu Tianbo fled to Yongchang before the army besieged the city. Faced with Sha Dingzhou's surrender, Yang Weizhi was very naughty: You two are fighting to be the boss, so don't embarrass us younger brothers. Let's wait until you two decide the winner. As long as you first If you go to Yongchang, you can kill him. When you come back, I will recognize you as the boss!
Sha Dingzhou made sense when he heard it. Moreover, the most important thing was to pursue Mu Tianbo at the moment. He didn't want to waste his energy here and Yang Wei, so he led his troops to attack Yongchang and the surrounding Dali and Menghua. The latter two places were both occupied. He captured it, and as mentioned earlier, two of his generals massacred the city, but Yongchang could not capture it for a long time, so he turned around and attacked Chuxiong again. However, Yang Weizhi here had strengthened the city defense during this period and moved all the surrounding people away. Fei mobilized surrounding troops to gather and actively prepare for war. When Sha Dingzhou returned to attack Chuxiong, he shouted, and the surrounding prefectures, counties and chieftains sent troops to help. Sha Dingzhou was worried about changes in his hometown, so he led his troops away.
After he returned to Mengzi, he began to capture Shiping, Ningzhou, and Ashan (the territory of Long Zaitian and his men). After that, he returned to attack Chuxiong. He divided his troops into seventy-two battalions and launched a ruthless campaign to break Chuxiong and massacre the city. When Yang Weizhi held on and couldn't help it, Sun Kewang led his troops to fight in, and Sha Dingzhou hurriedly evacuated!
So it can be said that without Yang Weizhi, Mu Tianbo would have died long ago in history, and Yunnan would have all fallen into the hands of Sha Dingzhou!
In addition, Yang Weizhi was extremely loyal to Prince Mu's palace and the court, but this also led to his death. In history, after Sun Kewang entered Yunnan, Yang Weizhi led his troops to resist, but he was defeated and attempted suicide by drowning. He didn't kill him at that time. He said that I was here to avenge Mu Tianbo and that the Great Western Army wanted to unite with the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Qing Dynasty and achieve win-win cooperation. At that time, Yang Weizhi made a three-part agreement with him. One of them was that he would not use Zhang Xianzhong's name but still respect Ming. Ting.
Later, Mu Tianbo was welcomed back to Kunming, but he soon discovered that he had become a puppet, and he became a lonely and sad person. However, he also became close friends with Yang Weizhi, and they often communicated their difficulties through correspondence. A few years later, Yang Weizhi was killed by Sun Kewang, who betrayed him repeatedly.
But now, Yang Weizhi has not yet become friends with Mu Tianbo, nor has he contacted Mu Tianbo when he was attacking Wu Bikui. At that time, Yang Weizhi heard the news in Dali and sent troops to attack Chuxiong, which was occupied by Wu Bikui.
Chuxiong was very close to Wu Bikui's hometown. There was only Dingzhou (today's Mouding County) separated by two hundred miles. However, Yang Weizhi didn't have many troops at hand and was unable to continue the conquest. Fortunately, Mu Tianbo's coalition forces soon became overwhelming. After counterattacking all the way, Yang Weizhi breathed a sigh of relief and took charge of Chuxiong.
But soon something strange happened. The coalition forces besieging Yuanmou suddenly withdrew. This made Yang Weizhi very puzzled but also confused. After all, the news transmission at this time was too backward.
Could it be that something happened in Kunming? Or is it that Mu Tianbo doesn't intend to kill Wu Bikui?
No, it wasn't that he didn't want to kill Wu Bikui, but he was worried that Zhang Xianzhong would take advantage of the prolonged battle, so he gave up after a beating. This was Yang Weizhi's judgment, but it was also reasonable.
Unexpectedly, a few days later, bad news suddenly came. Sha Dingzhou rebelled and took advantage of Kunming's emptiness to lead an army to attack the city...
Yang Weizhi was shocked and ordered Wang Yun to defend Chuxiong. He immediately mobilized troops and horses to support Kunming... But before the troops were sent here, people from Prince Mu's Palace arrived, saying that Mu Tianbo invited him to go to Kunming to discuss matters.
Yang Weizhi said, what a coincidence that you have come. I was just about to send troops there when someone came and said, "Send me some wool. It's already been done over there. I'm here to discuss matters with you."
After running around day and night for two or three days, I finally arrived in Kunming late at night. Then I entered the city and entered Prince Mu's Mansion. I met the young Duke of Guizhou, but he was much haggard. You can imagine what kind of suffering he has suffered in the past few days. On the way, the messenger had told him everything that had happened a few days ago, which made him surprised and happy. If it hadn't been for the supporting army, Yunnan would have been in chaos, and the centuries-old foundation of Prince Mu's palace would have been destroyed. Thinking about it, it makes him sad. People broke out in a cold sweat.
But whose troops and horses the supporting troops were, the messenger remained silent and only said that they would know it when they got to Kunming.
"I'm sorry for disturbing you late at night." Yang Weizhi bowed to Mu Tianbo respectfully.
"There is no need to interfere with the military emergency. Deputy Ambassador Yang has worked hard day and night." Mu Tianbo was not familiar with Yang Weizhi before, but for some reason, this meeting gave him a strange sense of closeness: "This is normal." Father-in-law, have you ever seen Deputy Envoy Yang?"
Chang Yu was also in the room, but Yang Weizhi saw that he thought he was Mu Tianbo's nephew or something like that when he was young, so he didn't take it to heart. When Mu Tianbo said this, it seemed that he was not a simple person, oh, he was a father-in-law. Those are the people who came from Beijing. It seems that the incident in Yunnan has alarmed the imperial court, but they came so quickly... Hey, the surname is Chang. Seeing Mu Tianbo's demeanor again, Yang Weizhi was shocked, it couldn't be...
Seeing his expression, Mu Tianbo smiled. Just when he was about to break up, Chang Yu had already introduced himself: "Chang Yu, our East Factory, has heard about Deputy Ambassador Yang's reputation for a long time!"
He was actually the rumored great eunuch! Yang Weizhi was shocked in his heart, but he hurried forward to greet him, but he also muttered how he could get into his ears by being anonymous. Suddenly he thought of the identity of the other party Dongchang, and he became nervous for no reason.
There is no way around it. The Dongchang and Jinyiwei yamen have been known to everyone since the day they opened their doors. The people inside are similar to crows and owls, and are considered unlucky creatures!
Chang Yu cherishes talents and respects loyal ministers more, so he is particularly friendly to Yang Weizhi, but this makes Yang Weizhi uneasy.
Fortunately, the little eunuch is not perverted and doesn't talk too much. He first praised Yang Weizhi for sending troops to regain Chuxiong, and then changed the topic and talked about Zhang Xianzhong's founding of the country in Sichuan and proclaiming himself emperor: "Yunchuan is a neighbor, and a tiger is lying next to him. Did Deputy Yang sleep well?"
Only then did Yang Weizhi find out why the great eunuch traveled thousands of miles across the mountains and came here during the Chinese New Year. It was because the court was worried about Zhang Xianzhong invading Yunnan, but the owner of Yunnan was Prince Mu. You should ask Mu Tianbo if he slept well. No, why are you asking me, but since the great eunuch asked, he also answered seriously: "Wubikui and Sha Dingzhou have rebelled, and Yunnan has internal problems. If the thieves invade at this time, it will be very bad. We should close the door to resist the enemy at this time. First put down the civil strife, and the rest will be dealt with slowly."
Close the door to the enemy? Chang Yu smiled slightly: "Which door is Deputy Envoy Yang talking about?"
