The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Seeing the simple walls of Pegu City, both Yu Dayou and Wang Zhao, as well as other generals, breathed a sigh of relief.

The first battle in Burma was considered a win.

The telescope was passed from one general to another, and finally returned to Yu Dayou.

He did not look at Pegu City again, but handed it to the personal soldier behind him to put away.

"General, the tent has been set up, you can go inside to rest."

The personal soldier came to report.

"Okay, everyone go to the military tent to rest for a while. No one should dare to scratch the tiger's beard today. Everyone can relax."

Yu Dayou said to Wang Zhao and others with a smile.

So, a group of generals followed Yu Dayou to the military tent that had just been set up not far away.

At this time, a fast horse was whipped by the knight on horseback and was madly heading towards the east gate of Baoshan City.

The soldiers at the gate saw it and hurried forward to stop it. It was not a small matter to hit someone with such a fast horse rushing over.

But when they got closer and saw the big word "Yi" on the man's chest, they turned around and started to drive away the pedestrians in the city gate.

"Quickly get out of the way, make way."

The soldiers in the central army whipped the passers-by with their guns and shouted loudly, and they also heard the voices from outside the city.

"Eight hundred miles in an emergency, anyone who blocks the road will die."

The news from the capital was finally delivered to the place today after more than ten days of running day and night.

In the city gate, a team of carriages was about to leave the city gate, and they saw that the city gate in front was under martial law. Everyone was stopped and asked to make way in the middle.

Just when the servant in front was angry and wanted to force his way in, a fast horse galloped out of the city gate, whipping the horse and shouting to make way.

"Eight hundred miles in an emergency, fortunately I didn't go up and get myself into trouble."

The servant took a breath and secretly wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead.

As the fast horses left, the city gate quickly returned to normal, with a bustling crowd of people coming in and out, and there was no sign of a war going on ahead.

After all, the Burmese army was still far away from Baoshan City, so there was no need to worry.

The convoy was allowed to pass after a simple interrogation at the city gate. After all, this was the East Gate, and many families of dignitaries passed through here these days, all heading for Kunming.

The Burmese army was powerful, and this was no secret in the Yunnan government.

Many officials and local gentry chose to protect themselves, and took their families and rushed to Kunming City in carriages.

It was a symbol of the Ming Dynasty's rule over Yunnan, and they could rest assured when they got there.

After the convoy passed, a soldier walked up to the flag and asked, "Sir, whose lord is this, with so many carriages."

"The people from the Lujiang City garrison line are also going to Kunming."

The flag said casually.

"Sir, they said that the families of these adults are being sent to Kunming. Is there something wrong ahead?"

A gossipy soldier said.

"Speak softly, aren't you afraid of being heard? A hat that disturbs the morale of the army can cost you your life."

The flag was obviously more sensitive. He knew that the situation was special at this time, and hurriedly scolded him.

"I just said it casually."

"Don't say it again in the future. If you want to say it, go back to the house and talk quietly."

After saying this, the flag looked around alertly. He felt relieved when he saw that there was no one around.

But at this time, he was thinking over and over again what his soldiers had just said.

Yes, if there was nothing serious ahead, why would those big men send their families to Kunming.

It seems that Baoshan City is afraid of a hard battle.

"Father, urgent war report from the Ministry of War."

At this time, in the governor's office in Baoshan City, Li Chengliang also received an urgent war report from the Ministry of War.

Hearing the word "urgent", Li Chengliang naturally put down other official business in his hands and reached out to take the official document from his son Li Rumei.

Li Chengliang now has seven sons, and the first five sons are really capable of doing things. The other two sons are still young and naturally cannot take on major responsibilities and stay in the capital.

Li Rumei is the youngest of Li Chengliang's five sons. Naturally, he will not be assigned military affairs at ordinary times, and only let him do clerical work.

After taking the official document and checking that the seal is intact, Li Chengliang opened the document and read it quickly, and then his face changed.

"Go, call your brothers over, and send someone to invite Lord Mu and Censor Luo to come."

Li Chengliang quickly ordered, and then lowered his head to look at the urgent official document in his hand again.

According to the military department's estimate of Yu Dayou's advance speed in the official document, the South China Sea Navy commanded by Yu Dayou should have arrived in Myanmar at this time, and may have landed at the port now.

As for the military situation reported by Yu Dayou later, Li Chengliang only read it once, and now the second time is mainly to look at the analysis of the Ministry of War.

Li Chengliang knows about the navy, so he can only rely on the documents of the Ministry of War to judge Yu Dayou's actions.

Li Chengliang didn't know what he should feel at this time. It seems that the friendly army attacking Burma from behind is helping him.

But this also broke his previous plan. The plan to lure the enemy deep into the country obviously didn't work. There was no time.

Similar to Wei Guangde's thoughts, Li Chengliang had keenly realized that time was running out. After knowing the news that the Ming army appeared in the south and rushed across the sea, Mang Yinglong would definitely withdraw troops and horses to return to the capital.

As for whether to continue the offensive against the Ming Dynasty, it is hard to say. The greatest probability is to fight and retreat.

In fact, through the Ming army's long-distance attack on southern Burma from the sea, it should be thought that the Ming court was well prepared.

Otherwise, the Ming army would never have appeared along the coast of Myanmar so soon.

"Dad, what happened?"

Soon, Li Rusong's loud voice appeared. He was the first to get the news, and behind him was Li Ruzhang.

As for the other two children, Li Rubai and Li Ruzhen, they were not in Baoshan City at this time. Instead, they entered Meng Ding Mansion with a strange force to hide.

"Take a look."

Li Chengliang handed the official document directly to his eldest son and stopped talking. Instead, he was thinking about what to do next.

When Li Rusong got the official document, he only glanced at it quickly and started yelling.

"This, this, this, isn't this Yu Dayou a troublemaker? It's really abominable to blatantly grab credit and ruin my major affairs."

"Shut up, what nonsense are you talking about."

When Li Chengliang heard Li Rusong's irrelevant words, he immediately scolded him loudly.

After hearing his father's scolding, Li Rusong immediately shut up and did not dare to say anything.

"Are you really stupid or are you pretending to be stupid? It was only a short time after the Yunnan war broke out that Yu Dayou led the navy to Myanmar.

Although I don’t know how long it takes to travel to Myanmar by water, it is absolutely impossible to set off after a crisis occurred here.

It can only be said that arrangements were made long ago at Wei Ge Lao in the capital to attack Burma from the north and the south, and the navy set off long ago.

To grab the credit, Mang Yinglong should have arrived at Lujiang City now, just outside the city. You go and catch him. I will write your name first in the credit book, and no one can take your credit."

After being scolded by Li Chengliang, Li Rusong became more honest. His other brother, Li Ruzhang, did not dare to say anything and just stood behind his eldest brother.

The atmosphere in the lobby was a bit depressing. Li Chengliang glanced at Li Rusong and then asked: "If you were me, what would you do at this time?

What you have to do now is to think of countermeasures based on this news, instead of scolding anyone here.

One general is incompetent and drags down the entire army. Only an incompetent general will be incompetent and furious in the military camp. "

Li Chengliang pointed again.

After all, he is his favorite eldest son. This is also an opportunity to teach him, but he cannot waste it.

"I know I was wrong, dad, what do you think we should do now?"

Li Rusong has not yet thought about what his father said, he just wants to listen to his father's orders and just follow his instructions.

Why waste those brain cells when daddy is here.

"I asked you for advice, but you asked me about it."

Li Chengliang said angrily.

"Hey, I haven't thought about this yet."

Li Rusong said sheepishly, "But after the navy lands, as the Ministry of War said, the news should reach Mang Yinglong's ears in more than ten days. We don't have time to carry out the plan to lure the enemy."

"Then what do you think we should do?"

Li Chengliang continued to ask.

In a large house in the east of Baoshan City, Luo Rufang, the censor of Yongchang, had put on his official robe and was about to go out.

Just now, the Governor's Office sent someone to invite him, saying that the Ministry of War had sent him urgent military information and asked him to come over to discuss important matters. Mu Changzuo, the chief military officer of Yunnan, was also invited.

With such an urgent military situation, Luo Rufang naturally did not dare to delay, so she packed up and went out.

"Sir, news just arrived from Dongmen."

"What's up?"

Luo Rufang kept walking, asking questions as she walked towards the door of the house.

Outside the gate of the mansion, a small sedan has been waiting there for a long time.

"Sir, Lujiang City's defense line's family left the city today and said they were going to Kunming."

The servant whispered beside him.

"Well, I understand. Send someone to keep an eye on it. Once you get past Guangyi, you can leave it alone."

Luo Rufang just replied and hurriedly walked out.

During this period, many officials and gentry fled to Kunming with their families. However, because the chieftains from Longchuan, Qianya and other places surrendered to Mang Yinglong one after another, and because of the loss of Lu Liang, he, the censor's nearest There will be more work.

He was originally responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, so he naturally did not dare to relax his investigation of these officials and gentry at this time.

It is necessary to find out how many of these people's families have secret connections with Myanmar.

Especially for the fall of Luliang, if someone who had hooked up with Mang Yinglong took this opportunity to go to Kunming, in the worst case scenario, if the Burmese army used Luliang's tactics to deceive the city when they approached the city, Luo Rufang would surely die. blame.

While Li Chengliang and Mu Changzuo were busy fighting external battles, Luo Rufang's focus was on internal purges and tracking down those families that had rebelled.

Although this possibility is very slim, it cannot be ignored.

Previously, the Inspection Department had sent people to check the officials and their families who had fled to Baoshan City and other places, but no abnormalities were found.

But monitoring the whereabouts of these family members is still Luo Rufang's responsibility. It can be said that such surveillance will not stop until the war is over.

However, because these people did not stay in Baoshan City, they could at least guarantee that nothing would happen in Baoshan City, so naturally they would not care too much.

They are all people who have gone through it once, and Luo Rufang is relatively reassured by these people.

What he was most worried about was actually the local chieftains. Only they might have the possibility of treason. For the Han people, it was difficult to understand the idea of ​​abandoning the Ming Dynasty and joining a foreign vassal.

With the departure of those who needed to be monitored, the newly released Ancha Division sent more manpower to monitor the ethnic minorities in those areas, which was actually a good thing for him.

Isn't it?

Luo Rufang left the mansion, got directly into the sedan, and ordered: "Quickly leave."

The two bearers immediately lifted up the sedan and ran towards the Governor's Mansion at a fast pace. Behind the sedan, a captain and four officials followed quickly.

By the time Luo Rufang arrived, Mu Changzuo had already walked in first. He had already read the emergency report from the Ministry of War.

In Mu Changzuo's opinion, this was a good thing, as the old god was naturally sitting there at this moment.

Seeing Luo Rufang rushing over, she still smiled and said: "Master Luo, you are usually faster than anyone else, why are you falling behind me today?"

In fact, even though Mu Changzuo is the commander-in-chief of Yunnan and can ride a horse, he, like other military attaches, is used to riding in a sedan.

Today, I heard that there was an urgent report from the Ministry of War, so I abandoned my sedan chair and rode straight here. Naturally, I arrived a little earlier than Luo Rufang.

"Some matters have been delayed, which makes the Commander-in-Chief laugh."

Luo Rufang was not in the mood to laugh with Mu Changzuo, she just raised her hands and said lightly, and then quickly walked to Li Chengliang.

"Luo Yushi, let's take a look."

Li Chengliang handed him the urgent report from the Ministry of War and said calmly.

The official Censor is really not popular with the officials. After all, he is a denouncer.

But when the officials saw them, they had to smile.

But that was all in peacetime, and wartime was naturally a different matter.

Li Chengliang is the Left Governor of the Right Army Governor's Mansion. He is not a permanent official in Yunnan, and naturally he will not flatter the Yunnan Taoist Censor.

"Hey, hey, this is a good thing."

At the beginning, something big happened to Luo Rufang. The court wanted to punish them. After all, if a war broke out, officials would definitely be implicated.

But after quickly reading the emergency report in her hand, Luo Rufang realized that it seemed like good news.

Because it does not belong to the military system, Li Chengliang's arrangement will naturally not be detailed to Luo Rufang. Even Mu Changzuo only lets him know some information because some matters require his cooperation, but that is just a glimpse of the leopard. , a glimpse of it.

But even with this incomplete information, Mu Changzuo was the one leading the troops after all, and there was some speculation.

After all, tens of thousands of people entered Mengding. Without his permission, how could this army be allowed to move around Yunnan at will.

Therefore, Mu Changzuo understood Li Chengliang's current mood, but no matter what, he had already taken it out.

The credit belongs to everyone and everyone has a share.

Li Chengliang was naturally responsible for the majority of the fault, and it had little to do with him.

Luo Rufang, on the other hand, was completely unaware of the situation, so she was very happy. If the navy came to the south, the powerful Burmese army in front of them would definitely need to detach a force to come back for reinforcements. Wouldn't the Ming army have a chance to breathe?

"Commander Li, now that the navy has attacked the south of Myanmar, I think this is an opportunity to stabilize the defense line and wait for an opportunity to counterattack to regain the lost territory."

Immediately, Luo Rufang started talking and expressed his analysis.

After he had just said a few words, Li Chengliang interrupted him with a wave of his hand, turned to Li Rusong and said, "Rusong, unfold the map."