"What, you said the white-pole soldiers have retreated?" Sha Dingzhou stood up in surprise, stared at the scout and shouted loudly.
For more than a year, maybe two years, the Imperial Eagle Claw White Guards came to Yunnan to act as accomplices. They used the terrain to set traps many times to deal with this foreign army from afar. However, the White Guards were not greedy at all. If you want to achieve success, just work steadily and steadily. You would rather have no credit than make mistakes, which made Sha Dingzhou very passive.
He admitted that in a head-on battle, even though he had merged the troops brought by his famous wife, he still could not defeat the White Army. Life in the deep mountains and old forests of Shamizhou is so miserable!
For this reason, he did not hesitate to use various means to contact Annan as foreign aid. However, the north and south sides of Annan are fighting to the death, and there are very few people who can help him.
So he went to spread rumors again, saying that the imperial court was determined to implement all the changes of native land and return to local status, and that there would no longer be a chieftain system. He would deceive other chieftains and make them rebel too, and the pressure would be relieved a lot.
The matter of reforming native land and returning to local rule is a forbidden topic in Yunnan, Guizhou, including Sichuan and other provinces with many chieftains. Generally speaking, if there is such a rumor, the government will definitely come forward to refute it. Otherwise, if many chieftains panic, there will be chaos in the southwest, which the court cannot bear.
However, in the past two years, the government did not refute the rumors, which made Sha Dingzhou overjoyed. He thought that the treacherous officials in the imperial court must have been confused by the rebellion in Liaodong and could not care about the southwest at all. Otherwise, there would be no other reason why the court would not even do anything to refute the rumors.
It's impossible. The imperial court just wanted to tell the southwest chieftain clearly that he really wanted to change his native land and return to his hometown, right?
Because of this matter, the southwestern chieftains, especially the chieftains from Yunnan, were ready to make moves. There were more than five chieftains who had close ties with Sha Dingzhou. However, these chieftains were also treacherous and refused to immediately rebel. Instead, they all watched on the sidelines to see whether the Baigan Army sent by the imperial court and Sha Dingzhou would decide the outcome. At least they would be able to fight a big battle. If they could defeat the Baigan Army, , even if the Baigan Army is severely damaged, then they will raise troops.
In response to this, Sha Dingzhou and Pu Ming's wife, his current wife Wan Cai Lian, heard about it and cursed loudly, but they were helpless.
What worries him the most is that there are constant rumors that the current emperor leads troops to conquer the world and wins great victories from time to time. It seems that the bandits have been put down, the Mongolian tribes have been subdued, and the Liaodong Jianlu were even beaten until they were unable to fight back.
Sha Dingzhou and Wan Cailian didn't believe these rumors at first. If the current emperor really had such ability, what would he have been doing before?
Ten years after he ascended the throne, even the imperial mausoleum in Fengyang was dug up by bandits, and the guilty edict was issued twice. He is really that capable of leading troops to fight, how can he let these things happen?
Although they thought so in their hearts, Sha Dingzhou and Wan Cailian were still unsure. Because many rumors have noses and eyes. However, in the past few years, they found that apart from sending white-pole troops to the southwest, there was no other movement at all. This made them both feel relieved: the current emperor can fight, that is definitely a rumor!
It was against this background that Sha Dingzhou was overjoyed when he suddenly heard that the White Army had withdrawn. Because he can draw conclusions about many things from the withdrawal of troops from the Baigan Army!
If the north is really going to be settled, it is absolutely impossible for the Baigan Army to withdraw. Instead, more troops will be sent to quell the unrest in the southwest. After all, rebellion is something that no emperor can tolerate!
Now, the withdrawal of the Baigan Army can only prove that either the imperial court has no money to continue to let the Baigan Army fight here, or it is going to mobilize the Baigan Army to reinforce the northern war. Anyway, for this southwest, it is an absolute good thing!
After the other chieftains know the news, they will no longer have any excuse to be perfunctory. When the chieftains from all over the country join forces to respond, the pressure on their side will be greatly reduced, and they may even get greater benefits by fishing in troubled waters.
"Sir, the White Army has indeed withdrawn to Kunming, and they have all left the grain fields." The scout replied happily.
After hearing this, Sha Dingzhou was about to ask again, but after being happy, Wan Cailian asked a little suspiciously: "Has anyone found out the reason why the White Army withdrew?"
Obviously, she was more cunning than Sha Dingzhou, and she couldn't believe that a huge pie could fall from the sky.
Sha Dingzhou glanced at her disapprovingly, but he was a little henpecked, so he didn't say anything and just looked at the scout.
After hearing this, the scout said hesitantly: "I heard news that the Qing Kingdom of Liaodong formed an alliance with the Japanese country, and the Japanese army invaded North Korea again!"
"Ah?" When Wan Cailian heard this, she exclaimed "Ah". This news was something she had never expected. But after she came back to her senses, she felt reassured.
She turned to look at Sha Dingzhou and said excitedly: "If this is really the case, then the imperial court will be in big trouble. No wonder the White Army has to withdraw!"
After hearing this, Sha Dingzhou was about to speak when the scout spoke first: "But...but..."
"But what?" Sha Dingzhou glared at him and shouted sternly.
I don’t dare to stare at Madam, you slave, you will stare to death, but you hesitate to speak, is it necessary?
"Tell me, if you have any news, let me know!" Wan Cailian was in a good mood and even gave her an encouraging look.
When the scout heard this, he quickly lowered his head and reported: "There are rumors that the current emperor has personally conquered the Qing Dynasty. Even if the Japanese country comes, it will be fine. They will definitely be destroyed by the current emperor!"
"Hahaha..." After hearing this, Sha Dingzhou couldn't help but laugh to the sky.
In the past, the Qing army was all over the pass. Just a few years ago, you tell me that the Qing Dynasty was destroyed by the current emperor?
After leading troops in wars for so many years, how is it possible to suddenly become powerful and defeat powerful enemies? I know this very well. The news that the Qing Dynasty was destroyed is really the best joke I have ever heard in my life.
Seeing Sha Dingzhou laughing, Wan Cailian unexpectedly laughed along with her. For a moment, even though she was an old woman, she still smiled coquettishly. The scout who had just raised his head was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head.
After laughing for a while, Wan Cailian stopped and said: "If the imperial court won the war, it is possible. But to say that the imperial court destroyed the Qing Dynasty, this is absolutely impossible! The kind of good news reported by imperial officials is not possible. He has the virtue of reporting worries and likes to exaggerate his achievements. I believe that after a few days, there will be news again that the Qing Dynasty has broken through..."
"Haha, Madam is right!" Sha Dingzhou laughed and agreed, "The imperial court probably saw that the situation in the southwest was unstable, so it fabricated so many great victories to intimidate other chieftains, just to stabilize the situation in the southwest!"
After laughing for a while, Sha Dingzhou and Wan Cailian unanimously decided to immediately send people to unite with other chieftains to do something big together. At this time, if the other chieftains continue to shirk, then they will really just be perfunctory. Otherwise, they will become traitors among the chieftains and the talons of the imperial court!
Of course, just to be sure, they also sent out scouts to try their best to find out whether there was any news about the concentration of imperial troops in nearby provinces. If so, be cautious. If not, then the imperial court is in big trouble, and God will help them to turn things around! However, it is a bit difficult for people of this era to find out whether there are troops gathering in neighboring provinces. It will take a lot of time to find out clearly.
In this way, in the borderland of Yunnan, transportation was inconvenient, news transmission was inconvenient, false news was false, and various circumstances were mixed together, so that the image of Emperor Chongzhen as a wise and powerful emperor was not established here.
Of course, this also has something to do with Emperor Chongzhen doing this deliberately. It has always been unfavorable to suppress the Shapu Rebellion. Even Annan, who had colluded with the rebel chieftains, only sent officials to condemn it without taking any actual action. All these behaviors contributed to the rebellion of the chieftains here.
The Baigan Army that suppressed Sha Dingzhou suddenly withdrew to Kunming, which became the trigger for the turmoil in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty. Suddenly, the chieftains in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty jumped out one after another and contacted each other. A larger-scale riot was expected to break out in a short time.
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Compared with the southwestern chieftain who rolled up his sleeves and was ready to work hard, the Japanese Japanese army in Korea had been trembling for a long time and did not notice that after the Ming army moved south on a large scale, the morale of the military gradually stabilized, which also made Matsudaira Nobutsuna and Inoue Masashige both He breathed a sigh of relief.
As a result, some things that they had no time to consider before were put in front of them and they had to consider them.
On Matsudaira Nobutsuna's side, he arbitrarily changed the original intention set by Tokugawa Iemitsu. Instead of operating territory in the Seoul area, he marched in a hurry to rescue the Qing Dynasty in Liaodong. The most critical thing is that this matter did not succeed. Instead, because of the shortage of food and grass, and the rainy season on the Korean Peninsula, the army suffered heavy losses.
Even if Fan Wencheng takes this responsibility, others are already dead, and the living people still need to be held accountable. As the coach, Matsudaira Nobutsuna will never be able to run away.
Matsudaira Nobutsuna also knows that this is a big disaster in his life. It depends on how he can get through it!
In addition, the Japanese Navy was attacked by the Ming Dynasty Navy at Busan Port, causing the entire army to be annihilated. This also affected the land army and burned the supplies that had just been sent to North Korea. This was another very serious defeat. Inoue Shigemasa cannot escape responsibility, but Matsudaira Nobutsuna cannot be exempted from responsibility either.
Adding these two things together, Matsudaira Nobutsuna and Inoue Shigemasa became brothers in distress, at least that's what they thought. Now they are sitting together and letting Hauge listen, just trying to find a way to avoid disaster or reduce punishment.
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