1034 The world is in an uproar
"We're going to win now?" King Tang asked Deng Kelu happily. He couldn't believe it, and he felt that happiness came too suddenly!
Outside Mengmi City, King Dongwu led a large army across the country. Such a defeated army means that Dongwu's military strength is over. In other words, from now on, he, the King of Tang, will clean up Dongwu's land and establish a brand new vassal state!
Deng Kelu nodded and said with a smile: "It must be Bo Zhonglie who took Baojing. Dongwu's army is so chaotic that no one can turn the tide any more."
When the King of Tang heard this, he remembered that he could go to the chat group to read the news, so he hurried to the chat group.
Deng Kelu looked outside the city, his expression gradually faded away with joy, and replaced it with a serious look, and shouted coldly: "Next, we should settle the score with those traitors!"
The traitors he was concerned about at this time probably guessed that their fate would not be good. Looking at the defeated soldiers of Dongwu's army, their faces were full of despair. They stood there, staring blankly at King Long who was going crazy there.
Although King Long's confidant saw that the situation was hopeless and some had already escaped, King Long finally stayed a little by his side, and there were still some other ministers who protected him. Seeing everything that was happening in front of him, he was always unwilling to be wiped out, and always wanted to struggle to death.
King Long shouted loudly, sending out elite troops he could master to try to intercept the defeated soldiers, and thinking about reorganizing the team.
"You can't escape. We have been surrounded by the Ming army. If you are caught by them, you will be dead!"
"We can only work together and fight for a bloody path as we obey orders, or we can escape back!"
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Looking at the elites who were still listening to the fact that King Long were blocking people everywhere, killing disobedient people, and shouting loudly. Among the chieftains who had rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, someone suddenly came to his senses, and his eyes immediately looked at King Long on the platform.
At this time, King Long, all the elites around him were sent to intercept the defeated soldiers, and the ability to guard was obviously too little. The rebellious chieftain stared at King Long's figure, with fierce eyes, turned back to look at Meng Micheng, which was flying with the Ming flag, and suddenly called his own guard, whispered a few words, but went to King Long.
"Your Highness, we have some subordinates. Please give your order, and we can do our best at this time!"
"Your Highness, this place is too dangerous. You can hide first."
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The leader of the rebel chieftain approached while shouting. In this chaotic situation, no one cared about it. They were all shouting about intercepting the defeated soldiers and were struggling to death. The key point was that the rebel chieftain's words were only controlled, and only those around him could hear them. We thought that he was expressing loyalty to King Long, and did not care much about him.
After getting closer to King Ta Long, King Ta Long also heard it, turned to look at him, and found that behind him, he was following his guards, coming to him. King Ta Long didn't care at first, but just waved his hand impatiently, "What's the use of you, get out of here!"
At this time, he was annoyed when he saw these chieftains who had rebelled and surrendered. If they had not given him hope to defeat the Ming army, he might have been on the defense of Awa at this time, and he would not have suffered a big defeat in Mengmi City!
However, he soon discovered something was wrong. These capricious villains stared at his eyes and showed a fierce look. Years of intuition made him feel dangerous.
"What are you doing? Stop it, otherwise you will be killed without mercy!" King Ta Long was angry and shouted loudly.
When the rebel chieftain saw this, he not only stopped, but instead accelerated his pace and rushed towards him, and shouted ferociously: "Dedicate your head to the Ming army in exchange for our way of life!"
As he spoke, he rushed to the front and slashed it with a knife. His subordinates were all following behind him, and at this time they showed their fangs and bit them like hungry wolf.
King Long was caught off guard, and retreated in panic, while blocking the knife with his hands. With a scream of "ah", King Long's arm was cut off immediately. However, he blocked it like this, and at least he was not killed on the spot.
The guards beside him had already reacted at this time, some went to save King Long, and some immediately blocked the rebel chiefs and fought with them.
The leader of the rebel chieftain almost killed King Talong when he saw him, but was besieged by his guards, and there were more and more enemies. When King Talong was about to leave his side under the protection of the guards, he suddenly became anxious and shouted loudly: "We have come from the rebellion of the Ming army. Unless there is a head of King Talong, the Ming army will settle the score at any time. Not only is the Xuanweisi Division gone, but the whole family's life is difficult to protect. Kill!"
When the other rebel chieftains saw the movement here, they were already attracted by him. When they heard his shouts, they turned to look at the Ming flag on the head of Mengmi City. Suddenly, they all showed a ferocious look on their faces. They had been rebellious once and once again. For those who had no bottom line, there was not much ideological burden. In order to survive, not to mention cutting off King Long's head, even if they were chopped off their parents, wife and children, they would not blink more.
The place where they stood was right next to the high platform. After scanning the defeated Dongwu army again, they pulled out their weapons one by one, and viciously led their few personal guards to pounce on King Talong. They also believed that as long as they grabbed King Talong's head in their hands, the Ming army would always have an explanation. Maybe not only did they not die, but they could be promoted!
However, King Talong was not that easy to kill. His guards and the elite Dongwu on the side killed him one after another. For a moment, on this high platform, they started fighting around King Talong. Both sides were cruel. On one side, they vowed to take King Talong's head into their hands, and on the other side, they hated him repeatedly, turning the fear of defeat into anger and venting it on them. Suddenly, the sword lights and swords and flesh flew everywhere, and the fight was extremely fierce.
There was a lot of noise here. The confidants of King Long, who were sent out to intercept the defeated soldiers, saw that King Long was in danger, rushed back to rescue them. Unconsciously, they lost even the last chance to intercept the defeated soldiers. After a chaotic battle, King Long's subordinates finally killed all the chieftain troops that had rebelled again, and even vented, stomped all the repeated villains into meat sauce, and they were still not relieved.
Although King Talong was bandaged, he still kept bleeding and his face was pale. Looking at the chaotic battlefield, there was no possibility of recovery, he suddenly became desperate. He even thought of drawing his sword and committing suicide. However, his confidant subordinates immediately stopped him. Regardless of whether he agreed or not, they immediately protected him and fled with the defeated soldiers.
At this time, in the chat group, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help feeling very comfortable when he saw the photos of Dongwu's army being in chaos. Dongwu's major affairs were settled, good, good!
Thinking of this, he said in the group: "Those who surrender will avoid death and use them as coolies to build roads."
The transportation in Yunnan and Togo was very poor. In the future, the Ming Dynasty would pass Togo directly to the Indian Ocean. There would be no convenient transportation, so the time wasted a bit. So many prisoners were just used to build roads.
He will naturally be able to implement his decree, and he doesn't have to worry about the rest of the way. Emperor Chongzhen clicked Wen Tiren's icon and said, "Wen Qing, the big matter of Dongwu has been decided. The things that were prepared before can be started!"
Wen Tiren was also in the group, and a big stone fell to the ground in his heart. At this time, he heard Emperor Chongzhen's orders and naturally followed the order.
Not long after, an imperial decree that shocked the world spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, especially the vassal palaces in various places. When they saw this decree, they were shocked, and many people were even unable to speak for a long time.
As the decree said, Dongwu's small country repeatedly invaded the Ming Dynasty, offended the power of heaven, and refused to change the teachings. The emperor was furious. When the Tang King heard this, he immediately invested in helping the court to quell the rebellion. His loyalty and righteousness were commendable. Therefore, the emperor changed the title of Tang King to Dongwu to guard Dongwu for the Ming Dynasty, and forever cut off the barbarians in the border areas that did not accept the king's transformation.
If it were just this, the vassal kings in various places would not be too surprised. However, there was an explanation in the imperial edict that the Tang King changed his title to Dongwu and wanted to guard the border areas for the Ming Dynasty, educate the barbarians, and give them military and political power, allowing them to form an army on their own and set up a government office, which was the real vassal king.
Seeing this news, the vassal kings even ignored the information behind, saying that in order to solve the cost of the newly established vassal state, the grain fields of the former Tang king could be auctioned for fundraising, and the auction time was from a certain time to a certain time, and these contents were not the focus of their attention. At this time, these vassal kings were all staring at the military and political power, allowing them to form an army on their own and set up a government office, which was for the real vassal kings.
For a moment, among the vassal kings in various places, there were people with various ideas about this news.
"With military and political power in your hands, isn't this the vassal king of Taizu's period, able to be powerful?" This is the vassal king who is ambitious and unwilling to just live and wait for death, and his heart is envious.
"The King of Tang is confused. Nanyang is so good. He actually wants to disperse all the foundation left by his ancestors and go to a small border country to become a vassal king. It's so much a waste!" This is the thought of the vassal king who wants to live a life of life.
"The emperor will really let the vassal kings regain military and political power. Could it be a test?" This is the voice of the vassal king who is very suspicious.
"Can Donggo be so easy to fight? If you are poor and bad, don't spend all your money, but you can't beat Donggo, then you'll be joking!" This is the cautious voice of the vassal king.
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This imperial edict not only caused a stir among the vassal kings, but also among the court officials, civil servants and scholars. Most of the opinions of these people were consistent.
"The emperor is confused! How can he give military and political power?"
"The treacherous ministers must have taken the benefits of the King of Tang, and they must be strictly dealt with!"
"This is a sign of chaos in the world. If you open such a hole, there will be no peace in the world in the future!"
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Among the people who have such opinions, the main ones in the opposition are those scholars, especially the Jiangnan generation, which occupied the mainstream of public opinion. Emperor Chongzhen knew about this situation in the chat group early in the morning, but he did not pay much attention to it. If they were to say it, they could not take care of it for the time being. What he is now concerned about is whether the will was spread widely enough? How many local tyrants would be interested in the King of Tang’s grain fields?
After this auction, the King of Tang would have a large amount of income, and the court could also collect taxes on these fields! Of course, some people were probably going to cry, those who devoted themselves to the King of Tang and tried to evade taxes.
Now that the King of Tang is busy with the war in Dongwu, he cannot return these fields, and it is even more impossible for the court to identify the fields that are offered and then return them. Everything is based on the rules. Whoever dares to cause trouble for this? The number of people in Guihua City needs to be enriched!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen could imagine that those other people who contributed would probably be scared. This matter should also be a warning to some people who attempt to evade tax by giving!
Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, then threw these things away, got up and walked to the huge map of Yunnan and Dongwu hanging on the screen. According to the news reported from the chat group, the imperial army has now cleaned up Meng Mi's battlefield and captured nearly 70,000 Dongwu soldiers and 150,000 Dongwu people. These prisoners will be taken to Yunnan to build roads. Not long after the Tang King occupied the entire Dongwu, he will build all the way south.
One thing that made Emperor Chongzhen regretful was that King Dongwu Talong had not been caught and was likely to escape into the nearby primeval forest. Although Min Hongxue has sent someone to search and issued a reward, the possibility of being able to search is a bit low.
However, this is just a bit regrettable. Dongwu's army has been completely lost in the Battle of Mengmi, and the number of Dongwu's troops in other places is no longer enough to pose a threat. In this case, the army will soon move south and sweeping the entire Dongwu territory should be something that can be accomplished within this year.
In dealing with these small countries, Emperor Chongzhen likes this kind of main battle. It can save a lot of trouble if you fight one battle!
With a smile on his face, Emperor Chongzhen's eyes swept over several red-marked areas in Yunnan. At this time, his smile disappeared and his eyes were a little cold. These chieftains were scattered and could not be spared even if they died. They should send troops to sweep these places, and they should be arrested and exiled.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen remembered Zhu Xieyuan again. Now that Baojing's food and supplies are preserved, Zhu Xieyuan can send more troops. With the rich King of Tang, he will not worry about the military spending of the army!
Thinking of the rich man named Tang, Emperor Chongzhen immediately remembered the things he had arranged before, or at this time, it was time to communicate with another little man.
The feudal kings were actually just doing this overseas, but they did not clearly declare the world. Otherwise, not only would there be no public opinion in the Ming Dynasty, but all kinds of things would be happening, and even neighboring countries would share the same hatred against the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!