The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"Sir, we are willing to surrender."

"I will listen to you and surrender with you."

In the lobby of Xianfu in Lujiang City, several generals knelt on the ground and kowtowed, repeating a few words.

From the entrance of the lobby to the yard, there were seven or eight corpses, all wearing the armor of Ming Dynasty generals.

These people were naturally not Xiangui's confidants, but people from other forces in the city. However, they all had certain power in their hands, and they were also some of the people Xiangui sent to guard the north and south gates a few days ago.

There is no doubt that there are still not many Ming people who are really willing to surrender to Myanmar these days. After all, the size of the country is there, and even a fool knows how to choose.

Unless someone is arrogant or has a handle on him, who would make such a choice.

Unfortunately, Xiangui had no choice.

And the people under Xiangui had no choice.

Either they followed him to surrender to the Burmese king, or they could only be like the cold corpses in the yard.

The remaining generals are naturally afraid of death, otherwise they would have been lying outside.

"Well, very good, then we are all one family from now on, no one is different from each other, you listen to me, I will naturally protect you.

I know that you are still worried about the power of the Ming court, but don't forget that although they have a million troops, what is the real situation.

Moreover, there is still a vast territory to be guarded, and they can't spare many troops at all. At most, they can transfer a few thousand people from Sichuan, Guizhou and other places to support Yunnan.

Compared with the 200,000 or 300,000 troops under the Burmese king, they are still not strong enough. I made this choice for everyone's future."

Xian Gui would not tell them that he was actually coerced.

Instead, he made this choice after analyzing the military strength of Ming and Burma.

"Now the Burmese army is powerful, and the Ming army has no power to resist. It won't take long for Yunnan to change hands.

We all grew up here, and that's why I chose to do this. Tell me, am I right?"

Xian Gui continued to ask with a smile.

"Yes, you are thinking about us all the time. Qian Gui and Liao Xiang are blinded by greed and don't understand your painstaking efforts. They deserve to die."

"You are thoughtful. I am willing to follow your lead."

The servants of the Xian family stood outside the door, and the knife in their hands was still dripping with blood. At this time, who dared to say "no"? They kept praising Xian Gui for thinking about them.

If the Burmese army really had the ability to seize Yunnan from the Ming Dynasty, in fact, for them, this choice was really right.

Yes, although the Ming Dynasty advocated loyalty, filial piety, integrity and shame, the policy was to try to keep people in their hometowns.

These military generals may have been in Yunnan for several generations before, that is, they immigrated here in the late Hongwu period, but they have lived in Yunnan for a hundred years and are considered native locals.

If the Ming court was defeated, they could only leave their hometowns. For these people, it was more or less reluctant.

Of course, so far, they don't think that the Ming Dynasty will be defeated. At most, they will lose some places in southwest Yunnan. It is unlikely that big cities like Chuxiong and Kunming will be lost.

It's just that the current situation is stronger than people, so they have to surrender against their will.

"You don't know yet, that Li Chengliang actually treats you and me as cannon fodder. My Lujiang City is a small place. How can it withstand the attack of more than 100,000 Burmese troops? How is Tengchong better than my Lujiang City?

Not only is the city tall, but there is also a whole garrison. Didn't it fall quickly? He gave me a death order to defend Lujiang City for a month. Tell me, after a month, how many of you can still stand here?"

Here, Xian Gui began to brainwash these new people, and also began to plan to arrange his confidants to take over the army in the north and south cities.

These people are still useful. With them, the soldiers under their command will not mess around.

At this time, the Ming army on both sides of the Lujiang River was on high alert to prevent ships from coming from the other side.

The Lujiang ferry, which used to be quite busy, had no ferry boats on the wide river.

Outside the city, Xian Lao San took his family back from the dock. Instead of returning to the city, he went directly through the city to the west, where the Burmese army camp was located.

Xian Lao San did not go to the agreed grove to wait for Hanba's arrival, but went directly to the Burmese army camp in front.

At this time, the Burmese army camp was on high alert because the central army arrived and the rear began to expand the camp again, so the Burmese army facing the direction of Lujiang City was on high alert to prevent the Ming army from sneaking out of the city at this time.

Seeing several people dressed as servants escorting a Han master directly to the military camp, they naturally shouted loudly.

To be honest, this is the first time I have seen a Ming person approaching them so openly. In the past, I would hide as far away as possible.

Stopping in front of the camp gate, the servant of Xianfu immediately shouted inside: "Please inform General Hanba and tell him that the third master of Xianfu heard that the Burmese king has arrived and came to see him."

At this time, although the matter of Xianfu's surrender had not been completely negotiated, the threat in the city had been eliminated by Xiangui, so naturally there were not too many concerns.

Moreover, as for what Xiangui did, he could only go all the way to the end, and there was no way back.

At this time, Hanba, who was welcoming the Burmese king Mang Yinglong, was stunned when he received the news in the king's tent.

He had not had time to tell the Burmese king about the situation here, why did the Xian family take the initiative to come, so impatient?

In front of Mang Yinglong of Myanmar, Hanba simply explained the situation, and Mang Yinglong smiled and said: "Since the Xian family wants to see me, let him in.

It should be impossible for them to regret it now, hehe."

"Okay, King Burmese, I'll go out and bring him in right now."

When Hanba heard what Mang Yinglong said, he immediately smiled and said.

Soon, Hanba arrived at the camp gate, and sure enough he saw Xian Laosan coming here with a few servants.

"Master Hanba, I have finally met you."

Xian Laosan took the initiative to hold his hands and smiled, and went up to chat enthusiastically.

"Why, did something happen in the city?"

Hanba saw that the third person on the line seemed to be even more enthusiastic today than yesterday. Apparently something had happened, so he asked immediately.

Although the third person on the line yesterday had decided to defect, he still had chips in his hand, so he could still negotiate terms with him, but it was obviously wrong to be so enthusiastic today.

"No, it's just that my eldest brother has completely taken control of Lujiang City. He urged me to come over as soon as possible to meet the Burmese King and wanted to know how to cooperate with our army to cross the river in the next step.

We don’t know yet at Baoshan City. Soldiers are very fast. If the whole army rushes across the river at this time, when we approach Baoshan City, Li Chengliang may not have time to react. "

Naturally, Xian Laosan would not leak the information directly. The incident had already happened on his side and the court already knew about it.

Therefore, it is necessary to formulate a strategy as soon as possible to allow the Burmese army to cross the river in order to ensure their status in the Burmese army.

This is also the only value of the Xian family in the eyes of King Myanmar.

If the delay is too long and Ming army reinforcements arrive on the other side of the river, it will be even more difficult to cross the river.

Although the Ming army on the other side of the river was not under the jurisdiction of Xiangui, the reality was clear. It was only a guerrilla leader with only a few hundred troops.

Although Xian Gui could directly defeat these Ming troops, he still wanted to secure the two thousand troops and horses in his hands, and he was not willing to lose much.

Let’s not talk about Ming Dynasty. In Myanmar, strength is important. The strength in your hand is your status in Myanmar.

Although Xian Gui is not from Myanmar, he has heard and seen a lot about the situation there.

As long as the chieftain has soldiers and is willing to listen to the Burmese king's orders, he can become the local emperor of this place and do whatever he wants.

Without soldiers, the chieftain was nothing, and the place was directly given to others by the Burmese king.

The more soldiers there are, the larger the territory. This is the rule in the chieftain territories in Myanmar.

Only the areas directly controlled by the Toungoo Dynasty have been operating according to the instructions of the Burmese King.

Generally speaking, it is much more cruel than the Xuanwei Division controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

Although Hanba didn't really believe it, there was one thing that Xian Lao San said that made him feel more at ease, and that was "Soldiers are more valuable and faster".

Even if those who lead troops to fight have not summarized this word, they will still use it in actual combat.

At this time, when I heard Hanba's ears, I felt that it made sense.

After looking at the idiot Lao San, I started to respect the culture of the Ming Dynasty.

I can hear such reasonable words from such people. It seems that Han culture needs to be studied hard when we turn back.

From this, I can't help but think of the Han book called "Three Kingdoms" that King Burma has always kept in his hands, and I have to find someone to talk about it.

Hanba was somewhat literate, at least he knew some Chinese characters, but it was too difficult for him to read Chinese books.

Well, it can only be said that the books he read at the beginning were all about Han people's merit examinations, and naturally they were not something ordinary people could read.

Most of the Burmese people who could read the Four Books and Five Classics would choose to go to the Ming Dynasty to participate in the imperial examination, and the Ming Dynasty did not refuse them.

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, there were indeed examples of scholars from other vassals who successfully passed the Jinshi examination.

Since the Tang Dynasty, there has been a precedent of directly allowing scholars from vassal states to take the imperial examination.

For example, Japan sent Abe Nakamaro, an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, to enter the Imperial Academy. Later, he passed the Jinshi examination and stayed in the Tang Dynasty as an official. He returned to the country for a time, and later returned to the Tang Dynasty and was buried in Chang'an.

During the reign of Muzong of the Tang Dynasty, the "Bingong System" was established. Fanbang could recommend "Suwei students" to the Tang Dynasty. The recommended students could study in the Imperial College and participate in the "Bingong Imperial Examination". Students with excellent scores would be awarded "Jinshi and "title".

Then you can choose to return to your country, or participate in the selection of officials and stay in the Tang Dynasty as an official.

After Cui Zhiyuan of Silla passed the examination, he served as the captain of Lishui County, served as an aide to Gao Pian, and wrote the "Book of Appeal to Huangchao" before finally returning to Silla.

Until the end of the Tang Dynasty, there were 58 Bingong Jinshi. Even during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, there were dozens of people who passed the imperial examination.

The Northern Song Dynasty continued this system. In the ninth year of Kaibao, Jin Xingcheng of Goryeo entered the Imperial Academy. Later, he passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi. The King of Joseon asked him to go back, but he refused to leave until he died. He was promoted to the position of Prime Minister in the palace.

In the fifth year of Taiping's rejuvenation of the country, Kangjian of Goryeo passed the imperial examination and stayed in the Northern Song Dynasty as an official. He also impeached Kou Zhun.

Due to the many years of war in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, the scientific examination was delayed for many years, just like the college entrance examination during the turmoil.

When the Ming Dynasty held the imperial examination for the first time, it was already the fourth year of Hongwu.

In this first examination of the founding of the People's Republic of China, 120 people finally passed the Jinshi examination. One of them was from the Korean Peninsula. According to historical data, the original saying is "a person from the Koryo Kingdom" named Jin Tao.

That year, four Korean students came to China to study, and only Jin Tao came first.

Jin Tao's experience is recorded in "Records of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty": "Only Jin Tao ascended the throne and was awarded the title of Prime Minister of Anqiu County, Dongchang Prefecture. Neither Simian nor Liu Boru came first.

All three of them asked to return to their home country because they did not know Chinese. The imperial edict sent Daoli Fei to send the boat back. "

After becoming a Jinshi in high school, Jin Tao was assigned to serve as the Prime Minister of Anqiu County in Dongchang Prefecture, but he actually applied to return to China on the grounds of language barrier.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't pay too much attention, and even issued a decree to give them generous travel expenses to "repatriate them to the country."

However, Jin Tao rose to fame after returning to China. According to records, he "became the prime minister of the country", and transformed from a county magistrate in China to the prime minister of Goryeo. This is the best proof of the value of the high school Jinshi in China.

In addition, scholars from Vietnam and Myanmar participated in the imperial examinations, which not only showed the radiation influence of Confucian culture in the Asian cultural circle, but also showed the strong self-confidence and open attitude of ancient China to the outside world.

In today's words, it can be regarded as an ancient version of the battle for talents and the war for people.

Under the leadership of Hanba, Xian Gui naturally met the Burmese king Mang Yinglong soon, and his attitude was also extremely respectful at this time.

After all, this person will dominate the life and death of their family in the future, and after making this decision, their Xian family will no longer be Ming people, but Burmese.

At this time, the third son of Xian regarded himself as a Burmese, and showed his consideration for Myanmar everywhere.

Of course, most of these were taught by Xian Gui, which made Mang Yinglong very happy.

"Speed ​​is the most important thing in war?"

When Hanba said this phrase he heard from Xian Lao San, Mang Yinglong naturally took it very seriously.

Controlling the Lujiang ferry was the top priority of this battle. If the Baoshan Ming army was given a chance to react, the surprise attack would be difficult to carry out.

Immediately, Mang Yinglong sent more than a thousand soldiers and horses, following Xian Lao San to bypass the city and go directly to the dock, using the boats of Lujiang City to cross the river to occupy the ferry on both sides and rob the boats.

"The army camp will be set up according to the march. After taking the ferry today, the whole army will cross the river tomorrow and head straight to Baoshan City to capture Li Chengliang alive."

Mang Yinglong immediately issued the latest royal order.

Li Chengliang was a first-rank military general of the Ming Dynasty and the Grand Commander of the Right Army Commander's Office. If he could be captured, the impact on the Ming court would undoubtedly be huge, and the difficulty of dividing the land would be greatly reduced.

Anyway, in Mang Yinglong's opinion, the officials in the capital of the Ming Dynasty who dominated the fate of the empire should be timid and afraid of war. As long as the strength of the Burmese army is shown, it is easy to force them to surrender.

At this time, Wei Guangde was also summoned by Zhang Juzheng in the cabinet of the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

"Uncle, what's the matter with this call?"

Wei Guangde walked into Zhang Juzheng's office. After the two bowed to each other and sat down, Wei Guangde asked directly.

"I have read the Yunnan war report you sent these days. The Burmese army is strong this time. Do you think Li Chengliang needs to send more reinforcements?"

According to the paper data reported by the Ministry of War, the Ming army has drawn 70,000 to 80,000 elite soldiers from the three provinces. This should be a real number, after all, they are all soldiers selected by the father and son of the Li family.

However, Yunnan has more than 100,000 troops on the books. According to the situation of the Ming army's guards, Zhang Juzheng estimated that 50,000 to 60,000 people would be good.

In fact, the imperial court had gathered only 120,000 to 30,000 soldiers in Yunnan, and they had to be deployed in different places. Only 100,000 soldiers could actually be deployed on the battlefield, and they were mainly soldiers selected by Li Chengliang.

With less than 100,000 soldiers, they had to fight against the Burmese army of more than 200,000. They were really a little uneasy recently.

Even though the navy had arrived in southern Myanmar. (End of this chapter)