Chapter 214: Empty City for the Moon
After two days, Wu Sangui's army recovered its vitality.
Although diarrhea does not hurt the muscles and bones, it is also very troublesome.
Wu Sangui's army looked waxy from top to bottom, just like it was drained from water.
Wu Sangui vowed that if he found the drugged person, he must peel and cramp him and become a scarecrow!
It is definitely not a coincidence that so many soldiers have diarrhea at the same time, but someone must be secretly doing something bad.
What surprised Wu Sangui was that when he ordered the army to start siege, he found that the city was empty.
At first he thought it was the Ming army who was using the empty city plan, but after repeated confirmation, he could be sure that there was really no one in the city!
Wu Sangui couldn't help but be overjoyed.
It is naturally a great joy to be able to capture Kunming without losing one army.
These soldiers of this family are all the flesh of Wu Sangui. If one dies, one will be missing. It is naturally very important to preserve it.
But when Wu Sangui rode a tall horse and entered the city proudly, he was stunned.
There is no one in the city, not only does there be no army, but there is no people!
Wu Sangui thought that the people were afraid of the army and hid, so he ordered his subordinates to knock on the door from door to door in the scattered city.
The results were greatly surprised by Wu Sangui. There was really no one!
The city is empty when people leave, and it is empty!
If it was a fortress, he could understand it, but it was the first time that Wu Sangui had seen him after living for so long.
Wu Sangui felt a bad feeling in his heart.
He hurriedly ordered people to go to the city to inquire, but there was not even a grain of rice left in the granary!
Wu Sangui was so angry that his teeth itched.
"The Ming thief is too bullying people!"
He was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger, and he was so angry that he was dizzy.
Without the people and without food, the Ming army left him a completely empty city!
What's the use of such a city? Will you be able to make trouble for yourself?
What made Wu Sangui even more troubled was that Yunnan was mostly mountainous terrain. If the Ming army had not gone far, they could hide in the deep mountains and forests to fight guerrillas with them.
It was so sour and sore.
Wu Sangui couldn't stand this trouble. He came to Yunnan to enjoy happiness, not suffering!
And who is Wu Sangui in an empty city?
Who will support this army without anyone paying food?
When he was in Guizhou, Wu Sangui could indulge his subordinates to plunder. After all, it was the territory of Hong Chengchou. After robbing, he patted his butt and left, leaving the mess to Hong Chengchou.
But now that Wu Sangui wants to manage Yunnan, he has to treat it as his own territory.
You can’t do anything to kill chickens and get eggs, and fish in the waters when you lose your waters.
The rabbit doesn’t eat grass by the nest, how could Wu Sangui not understand this?
But he had to find a way to get money and food, otherwise his foundation would be dispersed after a long time of unstable morale.
Wu Sangui thought about it and decided to suppress the bandits and rob the bandits.
However, Wu Sangui was not very sure. Yunnan is too poor. I am afraid that even the bandits' families don't have any surplus food?
At this moment, Wu Sangui felt that it was a wrong decision to attack Yunnan, and now he was already in a quagmire.
But the decision you make has to be done to the end with tears.
Now Wu Sangui has no way to go back, and he has to go all the way to the dark.
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"Duke of Qian, if you cross the mountain in front, you will be the boundary of Sichuan."
Feng Shuangli successfully transferred the military and civilians in Yunnan, and his heart that was about to enter Sichuan was finally able to let go.
At the beginning, only the people of Kunming followed them, and gradually, the people of various prefectures and counties in northern Yunnan joined in one after another.
This is of course due to the prestige of Duke of Qian, Mu Tianbo. These people naturally have to follow when they hear that Duke of Qian is leaving.
If Feng Shuangli had evacuated himself, he would definitely not be like this.
"King of Qingyang, after thinking about it, my country still thinks that we should leave some people. First, we are monitoring the movements of the Wu thieves, and we can learn about it as soon as possible if there is any disturbance. Second, we can make the Wu thieves afraid and dare not act too recklessly."
Mu Tianbo paused and said, "Of course this is just a partial master, not the main force. I wonder what the King of Qingyang wants?"
I have to say that there are some truths that Mu Tianbo said, but what made Feng Shuangli a little embarrassed is who to choose to stay.
Who doesn’t want to retreat to Sichuan to live a comfortable life? Who wants to stay in this mountain corner and lose all day long?
Feng Shuangli sighed and said, "How about this, I will order people to preach in the entire army and see who will stay voluntarily."
Feng Shuanglijue will not have too many people who will stay there, nor will he force it.
That's it.
Seeing Feng Shuangli looking uncontroversial, Mu Tianbo didn't want to fight, so he nodded gently and said, "It's so good."
Feng Shuangli then ordered his personal soldiers to announce it.
As expected, as he expected, not many people responded positively, and gradually the soldiers stood up.
"Prince, I'm willing to stay!"
"Your Highness, please let me stay!"
Feng Shuangli was still a little relieved.
At least some people are willing to sacrifice their efforts instead of just following the crowd.
“All are good!”
Feng Shuangli had nothing to reward these soldiers, so he left them enough food to eat for half a year and some muskets.
The rest depends on their own.
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Sichuan, Chengdu.
Wen Anzhi exclaimed one or two praises while looking at the newspaper sent from the front line.
Your Majesty is really wise and powerful, and he actually recovered Wuchang so quickly.
The Prince of Yanping and Zhang Benbing also made great progress in the process and captured Nanjing.
The situation in the Ming Dynasty is improving, and it is no longer the previous state that can only be held on.
Wen Anzhi was very happy from the bottom of his heart.
Huguang is the world's granary, and it can expand its army with food.
Wen Anzhi no longer has to worry about raising food and grass. Although potatoes feel strongly full, they eat too much and feel a little bloated.
When marching and fighting, you still need to ensure the energy of the soldiers.
It’s better to eat rice and noodles.
In addition, the emperor also wrote a letter to communicate with Wen Anzhi.
In the letter, the emperor said that he would stay in Wuchang for some time in the future.
Although Wuchang is a place of four battles, the emperor is fearless.
On the contrary, if the emperor is there, the Ming army can maintain absolutely strong fighting spirit.
Wen Anzhi was still very opposed to this at first, but now he is used to it, so he doesn't force it.
The emperor told Wen Anzhi to assist the prince well, and it would be best to let the prince handle some government affairs independently.
This is not to encourage growth of seedlings, but to make Zhu Cixuan gradually adapt to the role of the prince.
The current situation of the Ming army needs to lengthen the front line, so people in Wuchang and Chengdu need to be in charge.
Zhu Youlang is in Wuchang and Zhu Cixuan is in Chengdu.
This distribution is of course the most appropriate.
Wen Anzhi naturally has no objection to this.
He was also worried that the emperor was afraid of the prince's friendship with civil and military officials to seize power, and did not dare to delegate power to the prince.
Wen'an's heart is comforted by the emperor's ability to do this.
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Chapter completed!