The place where Emperor Chongzhen went was the Hanlong Pass built by Yunnan Governor Chen Yongbin in the 22nd year of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty. It was one of the eight passes for Tengyue. The purpose of the original construction was to prevent Dongwu from invading. Therefore, the place where it was built was naturally a major road for traffic.

Hanlong Pass is located at Mangbang Mountain Pass, which is an easy-to-defense and difficult-to-attack place. After Emperor Chongzhen arrived here, he did not rush to leave the pass and step into Mubang, but instead the army rested here and waited for the food and supplies imported from the rear.

Of course, he was not just waiting. During the recession of the army, Emperor Chongzhen inspected the original Longchuan Xuanwei Office here. Now there is no Xuanwei Office, but has changed its territory and returned to a prefecture and county.

Emperor Chongzhen gave appropriate care to the people here, whether they were assigned to the land, what difficulties they had in life, etc. For a moment, the people here were originally happy because they did not have to be slaves to the chieftains and became self-cultivated farmers. Now the emperor is still caring for himself, so he naturally feels even more grateful to the court and the emperor.

"Although Longchuan is far away, it is still the territory of the Ming Dynasty. You are my people." Emperor Chongzhen said to them with a smile, "Since I am here, I will solve practical problems for you and make your life better and better. The road to Kunming here is inconvenient, but don't worry, I have already given the decree to the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. In the future, the focus will be on building roads and building a good road to facilitate your trips to and from all over the world."

The good news, of course, everyone likes to listen to it. The emperor's words are even more convincing. For a moment, even if the people here cannot understand the emperor's words, they will be grateful after being conveyed by others.

"I have also asked that in every part of Yunnan, every prefecture and county, there must be at least one private school. All children who are old can go to school without paying tuition. In the future, they will find more things. I believe that one day, you can also travel far, go to the mainland, go to the Central Plains, and go to the capital to see it."

In Yunnan, due to strategic needs, it is necessary to first run a free private school, teach them the Mandarin, and accelerate their Chineseization. For the court, it does require a certain amount of money. However, it is to build a school and hire a teacher, and each county will solve it themselves, and it does not cost much. The purpose is not to allow them to get through the exam, but to be well-educated and have a sense of identity with the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, Emperor Chongzhen also emphasized another aspect: "In the past, you were suffering from military disasters and invaded by Dongwu. Today, Mubang and Mengyang are all the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but the people are still living in dire straits. This time I came to destroy Dongwu, Yongjue the suffering of military disasters among others, and from then on, the world will be peaceful!"

This matter is now very obvious. Of course, if Emperor Chongzhen didn't say anything, some people might think that this was the emperor's business, and that the emperor wanted to expand his territory and have little to do with their civil and military achievements.

But now Emperor Chongzhen said this, it is completely different. The reason why the emperors came to them so far is that they will not suffer from military disasters in the future, and that they decided to destroy Togo.

As a result, while they were grateful to Emperor Chongzhen, they were also very concerned about the imperial army's destruction of Donggo.

At this time, they heard the difficulties of the court in conquering Togo. For example, they were not familiar with the terrain on Togo, the people were not familiar with, and the transportation of money and grain in the rear were difficult. There were also news that the imperial army was recruiting guides who were familiar with Togo.

For a moment, the people from this border stood up spontaneously.

Is it difficult to transport money and grain in the rear? Come on, the little food hidden in the family will be contributed to the needs of the imperial army.

Are you not familiar with the terrain on Donggo? People who have been there rushed to the gate of the military camp and asked to be the guide of the army. They even simply said that they wanted to join the army and dig Donggo with the imperial army!

During the period when Emperor Chongzhen was stationed in Hanlong Pass, the local or surrounding people were very enthusiastic and were willing to do their own part to fight Dongwu for the court.

Even the people from Mubang and Mengyang rushed over after hearing this.

For them, on the one hand, they received an order from Togo Pingdali, asking them to retreat to the mountains, destroy all their farmland and houses, and to strengthen the walls and clear the fields to deal with the Ming army; on the other hand, wherever the imperial army went, the people all had infinite expectations for the future just like a holiday.

In this way, even if they choose with their toes, they will of course choose to support the imperial army.

Therefore, before the imperial army led by Emperor Chongzhen moved, Mubang and Meng Yang all hoped that the imperial army would attack quickly. They either rushed to Hanlong Pass to seek participation, or simply spontaneously opposed the officials of the Dongyu Dynasty in their hometown and resisted first.

Among the people who enthusiastically came out to serve the court in this border area, many of them were veterans who had participated in Liu Jing and Deng Zilong's capture of Awa City. They were familiar with the road to Awa City and other situations, which helped this army operation very much. Although they were old and the youngest was over seventy years old, their enthusiasm did not allow young men.

The three-sided Governor Zheng Chongjian was stunned by this situation.

Originally, he thought that there would be many difficulties for a large army to expedition to wild lands, such as unfamiliar terrain, unsustainable food and grass, strong folk customs, unwilling to accept the king's transformation, etc.

However, when the emperor came, these things were gone at all. This was the first time that Zheng Chongjian had seen such a supportive army in his life.

Originally, he heard Ye Busuo say that Dongwu adopted the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness, but he was still very worried. As for Mu Bang and Meng Yang, he dared to use official positions to guarantee that as long as the imperial army arrived, it would definitely be the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

He is certainly aware of the reason why this happens. But before he does what Emperor Chongzhen did, how many people could think of such an effect?

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Awa City is also preparing for war nervously. Because the heads hanging on the top of the city are the demonstration effect, although the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country has damaged the interests of many people, no one dares to object directly after all. However, the resentment of the situation can make Pingdali feel it.

Although he didn't care about this on the surface, he still had regrets in his heart. After all, he would be the one who is the king of the cave in the future, so it would be the best to be able to be supported by all the people.

Afterwards, the scouts kept rewarding, which showed that the emperor of the country had to lead the army to Togo personally, so Pingdali became even more nervous and accelerated the speed of clearing the fields. He asked the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to lead the army into Togo and was tortured by food and supplies. The deeper he went into Togo, the more he felt the tension of food and supplies.

But then he was a little stunned.

The scout's reward was reported to the army led by the Emperor of Ming to a certain place... But later on, it was always Hanlong Pass, Hanlong Pass, or Hanlong Pass...

"What's going on?" Ping Dali got angry and scolded the scout for revenge. "Why has the army led by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty been at Hanlong Pass? How long has it been, and can you still fight?"

How can the scout answer this question?

So he turned to look at Shadingzhou next to the station and shouted, "Didn't the Emperor of Ming Dynasty come to dig the cave? Why did he stay at Hanlong Pass? Could it be that the Ming army stayed at Hanlong Pass and would not consume money or food?"

The army gathered, and although it consumed less land, money and food every day than during the war, it was more than before the assembly.

Sha Dingzhou was also puzzled and said with doubt: "The road from Kunming to Hanlong Pass is also difficult to walk, and it is mostly because it depends on horses and camels and people on their backs. Moreover, the villain came from there, and it is certain that there was absolutely no enough food and grass for the local army to use. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty stayed there and remained motionless. Perhaps because he knew that His Highness was strong and cleared the fields, so he did not dare to send troops without collecting enough food?"

Not to mention Donggo, even in the future, before the infrastructure maniacs went crazy, many places were traveling around the world by horse gangs. The number of horses is the amount of transportation, which is a symbol of the wealth and status of the locals. It can be seen that this transportation is really not good.

It is also because of this that Emperor Chongzhen led his troops to attack Dongwu and brought only 30,000 troops. It was not that he didn’t want to bring too many, but that the logistics restrictions were limited, so there really was no more.

After some speculation on Ping Dali, he ordered the scouts to let them smuggle into Hanlong Pass to inquire about the news. If possible, he would not mind using some means to force the Emperor of Ming to send troops. For example, setting fire to burn food, burning houses if he couldn't, walking around rumors, creating panic, etc.

On the other hand, he ordered all regions, especially Mubang and Mengyang, to be vigilant and not to be careless, so as to avoid being caught off guard by the Ming army.

What Pingdali never expected was that in the past, when Scout Togo entered the Ming Dynasty, no one could recognize him. He spoke local dialect, and was even more Ming Dynasty than the Ming Dynasty.

But this time, Scout Togo finally crossed mountains and ridges and sneaked into Hanlong Pass. Before he could do any damage, he was flooded by the people's ocean.

That's right, the people in the imperial army and the government cannot recognize the difference between these cave scouts and locals. However, the locals are different. For outsiders, you can see them at a glance. With a little attention, you can immediately distinguish these caves.

They didn't say anything, they were worried about how to repay the emperor, and the credits they delivered to the door were all scrambled. Often, more than a dozen local people grabbed a scout Dongwu and sent it to the yamen. As for whether it was a misunderstanding in the end, the government would interrogate it clearly.

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