After Pingdali asked King Long for help, he began to prepare nervously for a decisive battle with the Ming army in the Ava area.
Emperor Chongzhen learned about the future King Dongwu's deployment through the Class-A eavesdropping seeds on Tai Taitun, and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. He was a self-righteous mediocre person. very good!
If Ping Dali did not aim at intercepting the Ming army's food road in one go, but instead sent small groups of troops into the mountains and forests to conduct harassment operations, this would be a headache for Emperor Chongzhen. Nowadays, Pingdali still thinks about fighting conventional wars, and he likes this method the most.
In addition, Ping Dali went to King Talong for help. For Emperor Chongzhen, the more troops he received, the happier he would be. If the main force of Togo's army can be eliminated in Ava City, it will be easy to eliminate Togo even after the rainy season arrives. What he was most afraid of was that Togo's side would fight to get rid of the Awa area and all the main forces would be withdrawn. In this case, he would be in trouble when the rainy season came.
Emperor Chongzhen was not familiar with history. Otherwise, he would have known that the Toungoo Dynasty reached its strongest state after King Long was recuperating, and then declined in the hands of Ping Dali. This is not without reason.
Now, in front of Emperor Chongzhen, there is Sha Dingzhou, who was labeled by Tai Taitun. It was captured during Cao Bianjiao's raid to seize Xibo.
Looking at the dejected toast who was kneeling on the ground, he still looked like the leader of an army of hundreds of thousands. The former local emperor of Ami Province had been beaten to the point of losing all his momentum. The frog in the well finally opened his eyes, but the price he paid was very high.
For this kind of person, Emperor Chongzhen had no intention of keeping him. He didn't even bother to look at it anymore. He directly issued an order: "Take him to Kunming and behead him in public, and spread the news to all states and counties in Yunnan, so that the people will know that the rebellious chieftain dare not be Anyone will end up like this!"
Upon hearing this, Sha Dingzhou, who had been sluggish, suddenly reacted as if he had been electrocuted, and begged loudly: "Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, spare your life, I am willing to surrender, I am willing to go to Ava City to respond, I am willing to go to Ava City to respond." There is also the madam and the military advisor. They may still be enemies of the imperial court. The villain is willing to persuade them. The villain..."
When this guy went to Ava, he basically took the blame and wasted his eavesdropping seeds. Besides, we are the Ming Emperor after all. If we say anything out loud, water will be thrown out. Do you think it’s a joke?
Emperor Chongzhen didn't bother to pay attention to him at all. Upon hearing this, the Imperial Guardsman next to him immediately stepped forward, grabbed him and dragged him away.
"That Wu Bikui is more cunning, he should have escaped!" Emperor Chongzhen thought, and ordered the entire army to march towards Ava after three days of rest!
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Besides, King Talong, the real leader of Donggo, is not in Ava City, but he is actually paying attention to the situation in Ava City day and night. After all, this battle will determine Togo's future.
On this day, he received a letter from Pingdali asking for help, and he was very angry immediately, but he was not angry at Pingdali's incompetence!
Ping Dali gave advice before the war because he had the same idea as himself, that is to say, to deal with the Ming army, the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country was necessary to win. Therefore, he followed Ping Dali's advice and let him rule. The soldiers implemented this strategy.
During this process, he has also been paying attention. He was also satisfied with every step Ping Dali made. Therefore, when Pingdali's strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country encountered obstacles from local dignitaries, he chose to support Pingdali without hesitation.
However, Lashio and Xibo were successively captured by the Ming army with devastating speed. Even the ambush troops knew where they were, and the troops originally reserved to harass the Ming army's food routes were also taken away, and he began to become anxious.
As a high-ranking person, one bad habit is that he is a loner. What does that mean?
I just always feel like there are unscrupulous people out to harm me, that’s probably what I mean. Although King Talong was not an emperor, he was just King Dongwu, so he was no exception.
He even had more reasons to believe this, because in Dongwu's history, there were not many rebellions, not only the throne was taken away. As far as it is most relevant to the current situation, there are examples.
More than forty years ago, when the Ming army captured the city of Ava, they did not actually defeat the city. Instead, the garrison of Ava City rebelled and voluntarily dedicated the city to the Ming army.
Thinking of this, King Talong felt that what Pingdali said in the letter was probably correct.
On the Ming army's side, if it was a coincidence to take out the ambush station once, it would definitely not be a coincidence the second time. On the contrary, the continuous removal of the secretly deployed ambush troops just proved that there were too many people in the north who harbored dissatisfaction with him. If these people are not eliminated, this war will not be optimistic.
After receiving Pingdali's letter asking for help, the first thing he thought of, King Long, was the tribe in the Ava region whose leader was beheaded because of the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness. Not only did they harm their interests, but they also killed their clan leader. They must have harbored dissatisfaction with the Togo Society!
Maybe he would be resentful of these people. After the Ming Emperor personally led the army, he would betray Dongwu and join the Ming Dynasty.
After this idea came into his mind, King Long, the more he thought about it, the more reasonable it became, and the more he thought about it, the more possible it became. It was like a poisonous thorn piercing his heart.
The unfounded charges are not unique to Wanyan Gou. As long as you are in a superior position, you may suffer from this problem. Rather than waiting for that tribe to do something that would harm Donggo and affect this decisive battle, it would be better to eliminate this unstable factor before the war.
Everything is for Dongwu, everything is for this decisive battle with the Ming Emperor!
With this in mind, he, King Long, made up his mind and gave Pingdali a secret edict. It was obvious that he was reluctant to give up such an important grain-producing area as the Ava region. Otherwise, he would not have issued such a secret edict.
Of course, King Talong also had his own considerations. If the grain-producing area here was abandoned, the national power would be greatly affected. If the Ming army was stationed in Ava and continued to attack Dongwu based on Ava, it would be a huge headache for him.
After all, the Awa region is an important grain-producing area. The Ming army can no longer rely on long-distance transportation from Yunnan and can solve the grain problem by growing grain locally. The threat to Donggo is also very great!
Instead of doing this, it would be better to fight in Ava City. At least Awa City is far enough away from Ming Dynasty Yunnan. In addition, he had the foresight to secretly send an ambush force in the Awa City area without anyone knowing, and he was ready to attack the Ming army's food route. .
With this preparation, Donggo will be sure to win the battle of Ava!
Based on this plan, after sending a secret edict to Pingdali, King Talong also urgently prepared for war. He issued a nationwide mobilization order and recruited all the troops that could be collected. They were ready to come to see the king and see who the king was. It’s awesome, it’s still awesome!
The dark clouds of war shrouded the sky over Dongwu. Soldiers were recruited everywhere, and grain and grass were collected everywhere. For a while, ordinary people ran away and hid whenever they could, and they were in a state of panic. Just one word: chaos.
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Besides, after Pingdali received the secret order, he was surprised at first. But then he thought about it, and he felt that what Prince Long said made sense. When the Ming army came all the way before, they could always accurately eliminate the ambushes he arranged, which proved that there was a traitor on Dongwu's side. And the most likely traitors are those who have resentment towards Donggo, or to be precise, towards him and his King Long.
In order to ensure that there are no insiders in the upcoming Battle of Ava and that the Ming army can be defeated, it is very necessary and reasonable for my father to do this!
With Pindali thinking this way, he secretly sent a message to Tai Tai Tun and gave him the will to carry out.
Tai Taitun was able to lead troops and was sent to Yunnan by King Long before, which is enough to show that he was originally a trusted general of King Long. And this time when he returned from defeat, it was time to perform meritorious service, so it would be best to arrange for him to do this.
When Tai Tai Tun saw the decree, he didn't feel at all intolerable. Instead, he was very excited. He immediately started plotting with Dudley and quickly started taking action.
Who would have thought that his own monarch would raise a butcher's knife to him! No one thought that when Tai Tai Tun carried out the massacre order, he would also bring his personal grudges with him. He didn't let go of anyone who didn't deal with him or laughed at him, as long as they were tribes within the scope of his operation.
After killing someone, getting revenge, and even grabbing something, why not do it?
As for human life, in the minds of these people, it is almost the same as the life of a cat or a dog, or even worse!
Suddenly, in the Ava area, before the Ming army arrived, a massacre by the Toungoo dynasty took place. Rivers of blood flowed from the killings, and corpses littered the fields. No matter whether they are old people or children, whether they are women or children, as long as they are from the listed tribes, they will not be spared.
For a period of time after the massacre began, those tribes were defenseless and almost wiped out. But later on, even those tribes who usually behaved very obediently to King Long became afraid. They were afraid that the bleeding butcher knife would be raised to their necks.
Inevitably, they will have corresponding precautions. And in doing so, it aroused Ping Dali's suspicion. I think if you don’t have any evil intentions, why should you be on guard?
As a result, the distrust between the two sides deepened. In the Awa area, there was a turmoil. Suddenly, people were panicked, and some tribes simply fled.
This situation was learned by King Talong who was paying attention here. He immediately felt that Pingdali failed to handle his secret order well and expanded it, causing chaos in his own side before the decisive battle with the Ming army!
In response to this, King Talong was naturally so angry that he cursed his son for not being able to do things. So, he personally led the collected army and hurried to Ava. Later, he personally took over the command of the decisive battle and issued an order, saying only that he had obtained conclusive evidence and that all those who deserved to be killed had been killed. The other tribes were all innocent and there was no need to be afraid!
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