"Mang Yingli is walking really slowly, Xin'er, I think you may have made a miscalculation." Liu Wei lazily leaned against a big tree, sitting on the ground in an imageless manner, chewing something in his mouth. Holding a section of sugar cane.
This is the most southwestern part of Yunnan, and the weather has already become hot. Liu Wei opened the front of his clothes a little, but because he was in front of his sister, he was still very particular about it, so he only opened it slightly for ventilation.
"It stands to reason that it shouldn't be so slow." Liu Xin frowned slightly: "After the fall of Bago, southern Myanmar was in chaos. It is said that the Mon people have already raised the banner of restoring Bago. In addition, there is a message from the Emperor of Heaven. Now, the Meng people in the old land of Bago are rebelling one after another, and they are about to start a prairie fire. If Mang Yingli delays for one more day in southern Yunnan, Toungu City will be in danger of falling. I can't figure out why he doesn't rush back as hard as he can. The pursuit, suppression and suppression...why are they moving so slowly?”
"I see, there are only two possibilities." Liu Wei continued to chew the sugar cane and said vaguely: "Either this guy is still lucky and thinks that there are only 20,000 people in Huang Dutong's place, and the Mon people are not enough." If we are afraid, Taungoo City will be able to withstand it until he returns in triumph; or we really overestimated the Burmese army and expected their marching speed to be too high."
Liu Xin still frowned, thought carefully, and asked: "Brother, do you think it is possible that Mang Yingli was very cautious and expected that we would ambush him when he was eager to return south, so he would rather be slower? We should also walk carefully until he is sure that he will not be ambushed?"
"This..." Liu Wei stopped chewing sugar cane and said hesitantly: "I can't say it's completely impossible, but I still don't believe it, because when he rescued Yue Feng before, his reaction was not very fast. Hum. , or you let me let Yue Feng go on purpose, so that Yue Feng would be frightened and spread the news about the situation in southern Myanmar to the Burmese army, and now this dog thief has been sent to Beijing in shackles by me."
Liu Xin laughed and said, "Brother is still worried about Yue Feng? Don't worry, he can't run away. As long as this plan can work, not to mention Yue Feng can't run away, it's hard to say whether Mang Yingli can run away himself."
It turns out that after the victory at Tiebikuan, Liu Wei issued a proclamation to "admonish all the chieftains", calling on all the chieftains to "share the same hatred with me", "work hard to make meritorious deeds", "loyalty to one's righteousness, go to the enemy with force, or assist the army" Serve as a slave, or assist the warriors at noon; wait for me to detect his voice, lead his party with me when he rebels, hold a knife for me in the tent, cover the outside of the pass for me, and attack him with special horns. If you invade Yi, set up a path for me to avoid my return."
Deng Zilong also made a successful advance and defeated Han Qian. Han Qian's sons Zhao Han, Zhao Se and others fled to Sanjianshan. Together with their uncle, they deployed more than 500 medicine crossbowmen to defeat Han Qian with the help of the dangerous mountain terrain. Resistance. Deng Zilong learned about the trail up the mountain from the local Pu people, and ordered his general Deng Yong and others to lead the army directly to the enemy's lair. He also set up an ambush behind the mountain, attacked from both sides, and captured more than 30 leaders including Zhaohan, Zhaose, and Hanlao alive. , killed more than 500 enemies. Then Deng Zilong's army recaptured Wandian and Gengma.
Liu Wei, on the other hand, led his army and marched straight in, and soon approached Longchuan where Yue Feng was entrenched. With the army pressing down on the situation, Yue Feng knew that the situation was over, but refused to sit still and wait for death, so he ordered his wife and subordinates to surrender first.
After discussing with Liu Wei, Liu Xin concluded that Yue Feng was not an honest man. Even if he offered his wife, he might not be sincerely asking for surrender. Liu Wei also felt that judging from Yue Feng's past deeds, this person had no such thing as a conscience. He might have done such a thing. He might even think about feigning surrender and then suddenly defecting in battle.
So in the name of sending Yue Feng's wife back to Longchuan, Liu Wei sent troops directly to Shamulong Mountain to the east of Longchuan to seize the dangerous place first, and then led the army to attack Longchuan. Earlier, Liu Wei and his sister learned that Huang Zhiting's troops had captured Bago in southern Myanmar, so they used this news to threaten Yue Feng, letting him know that there was no future for following Mang Yingli. The Mang thief would die and the country would be destroyed. Not far away either.
Yue Feng knew that he could not escape, so he had no choice but to surrender to Liu Wei's army. He "dedicated all the Burmese books, Burmese silver, umbrellas, armor, gun saddles, and horse python clothes he had received from Burma, and gave a fake one to the guard." But at this time, Yue Feng Feng said that he had been sick these days because of fear in his heart and hoped to be detained in solitary confinement. Liu Wei felt that this condition could be met, so he agreed.
Everything was going well here, but Liu Xin was more cautious than her elder brother. She felt that Yue Feng's behavior was not normal, as if he was avoiding meeting his wife, subordinates, etc. It's understandable to avoid his wife, after all, his previous behavior was to use his wife as a bait to create an opportunity for him to escape, but it doesn't make sense to avoid his subordinates.
So Liu Xin immediately found someone to verify her identity. Yue Feng's wives, concubines, servants, and confidants were taken there for "visiting." Sure enough, they discovered the problem: this "Yue Feng" was a fake, and the real Yue Feng had quietly escaped. .
It turned out that a few days ago, Sanduo, the Burmese general sent by Mangyingli to help Yue Feng, had fled on elephants, leaving only dozens of Burmese soldiers to guard Longchuan, and Yue Feng's own body also quietly followed Sanduo's team. , and ran together to find Mang Yingli, the king of Burma.
Liu Xin asked Liu Xin to calculate whether he could catch up if he chased him immediately. Liu Xin just made a little calculation and told him that he could catch up, but she suggested not to chase, so she asked Yue Feng to go to Mang Yingli.
Before Liu Xin could explain this, Liu Wei suddenly understood. She wanted Yue Feng to bring the news of the fall of Bago to Mang Yingli, because in doing so, Mang Yingli might be eager to return to the army to rescue the capital. And mess up the sense of proportion and create opportunities for yourself.
Liu Wei then successfully occupied Longchuan and "captured a lot of Burmese books, Burmese bowls, Burmese silver, Burmese umbrellas, Burmese clothing, python teeth, armor, swords, guns, pommel horses and other clothing." However, he still felt that it was embarrassing for Yue Feng to escape from under his hands, and he was always thinking about humiliating this guy when the time came.
But that was a thing of the past. After Liu Wei's army occupied Longchuan, they began to advance on the victory and divided their troops into three groups to attack Manmo. The chieftain of Manmo was defeated and begged to surrender.
Liu Wei put forward five conditions and asked him to respond within five days: first, to capture and deliver the accompanying ministers; second, to hand over the seals of the Han family and Qianya; third, to present the seals issued by the King of Burma; fourth, to return the captives. residents; the fifth is to recruit Meng Yang to surrender.
The chieftain Manmo had no way to escape and was unable to fight again, so he had to accept the terms of surrender and "captured and sacrificed 18 Burmese people, including one elephant and five horses, and the Burmese chief to give them to the puppet passers-by for defense, and presented them in front of the army." ". Then, Liu Wei regained Meng Yang and Meng Lian.
Liu Xing's progress was so smooth, so naturally "the barbarians and Burmese were afraid of Xing, and those who attached themselves to Wangfeng were coming one after another." Mubang Hanfeng, Meng Yangsiyi, etc. all killed the Burmese envoys and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Simhun of Meng Mi also sent his younger brother to surrender and presented an elephant and a seal issued by the King of Burma.
But before Liu Wei could go south to Mubang, Mubang, which had already surrendered, was captured by Mang Yingli who retreated from the front line after hearing the news. Hanfeng did not dare to rebel again and could not defeat Mang Yingli, so he led decisively With his cronies, he came to seek refuge with Liu Wei.
Liu Wei and his sister Liu Xin discussed it and decided that it was meaningless to go directly to Mubang, because Mang Yingli couldn't have the intention to waste time in northern Myanmar now. He only took Mubang because he needed to retreat - Mubang was his way of origin. , and it is also the way back. If Mu State is blocked, he will be trapped in northern Myanmar.
So the brother and sister combined their forces and immediately sent out troops overnight. They first captured the Mengmao Appeasement Division, fought their way out of Hanlong Pass, and pretended to go straight to Mubang. Then the army turned to the southwest and ambush here almost running wildly.
This is the only way to retreat from Mubang to Sibo City in Myanmar, and behind Sibo City is the fulcrum of Mangyingli's war - Awa City, an important town in northern Myanmar.
According to Liu Xin's calculations, Mang Yingli's army should have arrived here two hours ago, but it was almost evening and Mang Yingli hadn't shown up yet. Liu Wei could not help but wonder if there was something wrong.
If there was only Mang Yingli, Liu Wei would not doubt that he would fall into the trap. But now there is Yue Feng beside Mang Yingli, and Yue Feng slipped under his nose once before, so there is no guarantee that he will not offer advice this time. If Mang Yingli managed to avoid today's calamity, it would make Liu's face look very bad.
Seeing that his sister was still in the mood to joke, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Xin'er, your eldest brother's reputation accumulated over more than ten years is all in one fell swoop. Are you not worried about our miscalculation at all?"
Liu Xin said in surprise: "What do you say? Even if the reckless thief is lucky and lets him get away this time, we are just giving up this opportunity. It is not a big deal to attack Ava directly. After all, there is a fire in the backyard of the reckless thief." , How many troops can he keep in Ava?"
Liu Wei shook his head and said: "That's not what I'm worried about, but... that southern Burma is fighting so well. We are chasing the reckless thief behind him. Although he is eager to go back to rescue Taungoo, he can't really give up northern Burma directly." Give it to us, so we still have to take some measures. Taking measures means that he can't walk fast. In this way, the results of the battle in southern Myanmar may be more brilliant... When the two are compared, if my results here are still better than Without a female chieftain, there really would be no place for my face."
Liu Xinmei's eyes turned, but her expression remained unchanged, and she asked: "If this is the case, brother now has two ways."
"Huh?" Liu Wei was slightly startled.
Liu Xin said: "First, defeat Mang Ying Li in northern Myanmar; second, let Mang Ying Li go south directly."
Liu Wei was slightly surprised and asked: "It's understandable to defeat Mang Yingli, but why is it also an option to let Mang Yingli go south?"
"The reckless thieves will go south smoothly, and there will be more troops and horses left. At that time, the pressure on Deputy Commander Huang will be great, and it will be difficult to hold on to the results. Naturally, he will not be able to win any decent victory. In the end, he can only Withdraw. With this comparison, eldest brother’s face is saved.”
Liu Wei frowned: "You want me to do this?"
"I don't hope." Liu Xin spread her hands: "I am just telling you that there is such a choice out of my duty as a staff member. If the elder brother asks me, of course I hope to defeat Mang Yingli openly, otherwise I advise you to come Why did you intercept him?"
Liu Wei's face relaxed and he nodded and said: "Yes, brother understands." After a pause, he added: "Although Vice-Captain Huang is a woman, she has a lot of experience since the battle of Lang Son and this expedition. From a solid point of view, it is indeed not simple. If the battle against Burma goes smoothly, maybe I will have a chance to meet her and see what kind of heroine she is."
Liu Xin rolled her eyes and said angrily: "Brother, you have nothing to say about fighting. You are really slow in some aspects... Don't say that my sister didn't remind you, you'd better not have any curiosity about her. .”
Liu Wei was stunned for a moment: "Why?"
"Well...if you are not afraid of the High School Prime Minister's punishment, you might as well be curious." Liu Xin snorted softly: "Our heroine has been the dish of the High School Prime Minister for a long time."
"You mean..." Liu Wei looked surprised and rolled his eyes a few times: "She is from the high school prime minister's... that... outer room?"
"I don't know, maybe it's not the outer chamber, maybe it's the main chamber." Liu Xin turned her face away, as if looking at the direction where Mang Yingli's army should come, and said in a neutral tone: "First, I will do my best to help the high school. The prime minister pacified Annan, and less than two years after the high school prime minister returned to Beijing, she couldn't help but go north in person. Unfortunately, it happened that the high school prime minister was transferred to Liaodong again at that time. So she was given the title of Deputy Tribute Envoy. There was an extra mission to discuss trade, and I followed him to Liaodong... Brother, don't you think this is strange?"
"This..." Liu Wei said: "Can the outer room also be like this?"
Liu Xin sneered and said: "Then the high school prime minister is really more ambitious than I thought - he handed over a situation as big as Annan to an outside party? Do you know how much money the high school prime minister invested in Annan? , how much capital do you have now?”
Liu Wei shook his head decisively: "I don't know much about these things."
Liu Xin said: "Annam's government affairs are said to be managed by the governor, but in fact they are all managed by Jinghua. Jinghua has Thang Long City and Hai Duong Prefecture in the north of Annam, and three towns including Yi'an in the south. This is the 'Four Prefectures and One Prefecture'." Jing'. In addition, Jinghua also has a total of 80,000 troops from the Thang Long Garrison and the Jinggang Garrison. These 80,000 troops are nominally from the Annan Metropolitan Commander's Department. In fact, Mo Maoqia cannot even mobilize a single person.
There is also the Golden Port. It is said that its port is no worse than Guangzhou Port, and the entire city is newly built. Prime Minister Gao Gao invested all his efforts to build it. Brother, how much money do you think it cost? And now, he has promoted Huang Zhiting to the position of deputy capital commander. When Mo Maoqia is just a carrot seal, the elder brother will not understand what this deputy commander means, right? "
Liu Wei was stunned for a long time, and then he said: "Do you want to marry a matchmaker? Isn't it... a bit difficult?"
"Then I don't know." Liu Xin shook her head: "Our high school prime minister is not an ordinary person. Maybe he has some special methods."
Liu Wei was silent for a moment and suddenly said: "Xin'er, you have known Gao Chengcheng for more than ten years. Don't you think he is the most suitable..."
"Stop it." Liu Xin stretched out a finger: "I don't want to talk about this."
Liu Wei sighed: "But you are not young anymore. This daughter's family always wants to get married. If the high school prime minister can't catch your eye, I..."
"I said stop." Liu Xin's expression tightened and she suddenly said: "Brother, look ahead, the thief is here."
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