In a moment, several pro-soldiers arrived with a short, short-bearded man.

When the man saw Zhu Linmiao, he gave a salute first, claiming to be the general of the Qujing garrison, named Chu Pingmao.

Qu Jing guarded the general, that is the people of Shadingzhou. Zhu Linmiao frowned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Back to His Highness," Chu Pingmao said, "it is rumored that the lower officials have the Mu family, saying that those who have contributed to the suppression of the court will be rewarded." ”

"It is true." Zhu Linmiao nodded, and said in her heart, Mu Jing has done a good job in propaganda work.

Chu Pingmao said again: "The lower officials must first speak fairly for Puzhizhou. Former General ...... Pu is famous for rebellion, but he has also been ambushed, and his son Pu Fu is far from him, and he is loyal to the court.

"This time, the Wan clan stole the military power of Ami and reunited with the sand thieves, but it was not the intention of the common family. And the two also killed Pu Zhizhou, which shows that the Pu family is unwilling to rebel. ”

Zhu Linmiao nodded and said, "The original court will find out, why do you mention it at this time?" ”

Chu Pingmao knelt down: "The lower official implores the imperial court to exempt Przyland's death penalty." and the fault of the general family's lax prevention, the lower officials are willing to offset it with merit. ”

"Offset by merit?"

"Your Majesty is willing to offer Qu Jing to His Highness."

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhu Linmi's mouth, "General Chu, please." If you can really take Qujing quickly, I will definitely show the court what you said. ”

"Your Highness!"

Then Chu Pingmao talked in detail about the deployment of the city, and Zhu Linmiao knew that this person was originally a famous guard, and until the current Ami Zhizhou Pufu died, he pretended to cater to the Wan family and had to continue to use it, but he always thought that he was a general of the Pu family in his heart.

This time, the Mu family sent someone to contact him, saying that the Pu family was plotting rebellion with Sha Dingzhou, and when the 100,000 troops of the imperial court entered Yunnan, the Pu family would be executed.

When Chu Pingmao was in a hurry, the Mu family told him again about the strategy of exchanging Qujing for the peace of the Pu family, and he came to meet the "court forward" in a hurry.

Zhu Lin said in his heart that he only let Mu Jing be responsible for intimidating Tusi who had taken refuge in Shadingzhou, but he didn't expect him to be distracted by the rebellion.

However, he didn't know that the person who came into contact with Chu Pingmao was actually sent by Mu Yi, and the plan he used was from Mu Zhiqing.

The Qujing garrison was not strong in combat, and with the help of internal support, the process of capturing the city was quite smooth.

When Chu Pingmao opened the east and south gates, Zhu Linmiao was not afraid of the plan, so he ordered the Long Guard to open the way with cannons, three infantry battalions to advance into the city, and hussars to cover on both sides.

In this way, even if there are ambush soldiers, they can all have their brains, not to mention that Chu Pingmao is really surrendered, and he also led the way with the head of the people and horses. Before dawn, Qujing was already under the control of the Dragon Guard, and even more than 2,400 soldiers defending the city were almost all captured.

With Qujing, the gateway to Yunnan, Zhu Linmiao has a lot more strategies available.

He summoned the officers of the Long Wei Army to discuss overnight, and finally decided that the 13,000 Guizhou soldiers under the Naughty Xiong and Cen Jilu were stationed in Qujing. First, it can threaten Dongchuan on the north side, so that Lu trillion can't take care of the end. Second, it can threaten the Tusi on the south side, so that they do not dare to send troops to reinforce Shadingzhou at will.

In addition, Qujing can also be used as a grain and grass transit station, and there are tens of thousands of horses guarding it, so it will not be easily robbed.

However, what Zhu Linmiao didn't expect was that when the thirteen,000 Guizhou troops entered Yunnan, Sha Dingzhou thought that the main army of the court was mobilized, and a pair of eyes were staring at Qujing.

When the Dragon Guard soldiers arrived fifty miles outside Kunming, he received an urgent report from Du Qifei. And he only ordered the Kunming defenders to solve the 4,000 "court stragglers" on their own, and not to disturb the important task of their main army attacking Chuxiong.

……

In Zhu Linmiao's telescope, thousands of men and horses lined up outside the city of Kunming, more than a dozen cannons were placed in front of the formation, and more than 1,000 cavalry pressed the formation. And the most conspicuous is the five-headed elephant with scales covering their faces in the array. In the army, the flag of the word "Du" fluttered, and the soldiers were shy and chesty, which seemed indispensable.

He was a little puzzled by this posture, but ordered the Dragon Guard to stop three or four miles away, cautiously guarded.

Soon, Zhao Shichao brought someone to urge the horse to come, and saluted Zhu Linmiao: "My lord, my subordinates have sent people to carefully investigate the nearby more than ten miles, and there is indeed no sign of ambush. ”

Zhu Linmiao, who was ready to fight hard in the siege of the city, was even more stunned when he heard this, this is not the same as the traditional fighting style of the southwest army. From Fujing to Yunnan, only Jianyu dared to fight with the Dragon Guard Army like this.

Zhang Jiayu on the side was also extremely puzzled, thought about it again and again, and suggested to Zhu Linmiao: "My lord, or try to hit it from a distance with a cannon?" ”

Zhu Linmiao shook his head and said, "According to the confession of the Tang guest, there are a total of 8,000 guards in Kunming City. In front of him, the enemy army seemed to be pouring out, and the men and horses were all in front of the battle.

"That's a good opportunity. If we can wipe it out outside the city, it will be much easier to take Kunming again. ”

"Du Qifei dares to be so arrogant, or he has to rely on it, he must be guarded against."

Zhu Linmiao also ordered: "Order the dragoon battalion to go around to the north of the city, and the second cavalry battalion to the south of the city, and if there are enemy reinforcements, intercept them on the spot." He pointed to a narrow gentle slope in the distance, "My main force will move here to defend again, and there will be no great danger." ”

"Yes!"

Outside the city of Kunming.

Du Qifei was dressed in brand-new armor, sitting on the saddle, and looked proudly at the disheveled "court stragglers" in the distance.

A slightly chubby middle-aged man beside him leaned over flatteringly and said, "General Du, as I said, these weak brigades don't dare to move forward an inch when they see the majesty of your army. Not to mention that when I met the war elephants, I was afraid that I would be scared to pee my pants. ”

Du Qifei pointed at the soldiers in front of the formation and laughed: "Without the incentive of Sha Da's salary, these cubs would not be so energetic.

"Don't worry, Lord Sha, I will allocate forty percent of the enemy's head in this battle to you. Maybe as soon as the head office is happy, he will use the lord again. ”

"Then I'll thank General Du first!"

More than ten zhang away from them, two officers from Du Qifei's department were looking at this side, muttering in a low voice, "Eh, isn't that Sha Dinghai, he was ordered to be idle in Mengzifu, why did he come here?" ”

"Probably because I saw that the Lord of the General Mansion was about to accomplish a big thing, I couldn't sit still and wanted to ask for an official position. Oh, by the way, it is said that the silver that was given out before this war was from Shadinghai. ”

"Then I have to thank him."

"It's just a fool who doesn't understand the military, and he wants our general to encircle and annihilate the enemy army, just to get some war merits for himself."

"I heard that there are only 4,000 miscellaneous troops, so if you go out of the city to destroy the enemy, we can also get some more heads by the way."

"Haha, that's right."

With the rhythmic sound of drums in the Dragon Guards, a line of nearly three thousand infantry began to move forward neatly. At the same time, the artillery on both flanks also moved under the cover of cavalry, but Zhu Linmiao's order to them was to try not to go forward.

As soon as the army moved, Zhu Linmiao vaguely heard the sound of military drums coming from Kunming City. He frowned and looked through the binoculars, but saw that Du Qifei's army was also rushing towards him, and his movements were a few points faster than the Dragon Guards, so that the formation was somewhat disrupted.