The Ming Dynasty has a long history of grievances with Donghu, although the Ming Dynasty once defeated Donghu, but since Wanli, the Ming Dynasty's national strength declined, unable to regulate and manage the Tusi in the southwest, the golden red card and letter symbol system gradually lost its prestige, and the Donghu State made a comeback, constantly encroaching on the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty and Donghu border, originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty's six Xuanwei Division, except for the Cheli Xuanwei Division was still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, Mubang Xuanwei Division, Mengyang Xuanwei Division, etc. all took refuge in Donghu, or went to independence, making the Ming Dynasty lose thousands of miles.

In May of the seventh year of the reign of the Ming Dynasty, in the territory of Donghu Kingdom, among the mountains around the Mubang Xuanwei Division, there were about more than 10,000 people, women and children, and they were stationed in the mountains.

From the defeat of the Ming Dynasty in the Great Western Kingdom, Ai Nengqi led 2,000 soldiers and horses, as well as his family and family, to Donghu for nearly five years.

Over the years, Ainengqi's life was very difficult, and he began to face the encirclement and suppression of the Ming Dynasty and Donghu on both sides, until the past two years, the Ming Dynasty's policy towards him changed, from chasing and suppressing to secretly supporting, and his life was better.

Such an act of the Ming Dynasty was called supporting reactionary forces and subverting the regimes of other countries, and the Ming Dynasty was not easy to support with great fanfare, and it was carried out secretly, so the support that Ainengqi could get was very limited.

However, this limited support is also very difficult for Ainengqi. At the very least, he doesn't have to worry about food and clothing.

The Ming Dynasty's support for Ainengqi was not only in food, but the most important thing was that the Ming Dynasty sent fine work to contact Mubang and Mengyang's Tusi, or coercion, or gold and silver to buy, so that they could support Ainengqi, otherwise with Ainengqi's influence, it would be impossible to make achievements in the northern part of Donghu, where there were many toasts, and it was with the influence of the Ming Dynasty that Ainengqi could grow stronger.

After receiving funding from the Ming Dynasty, Ainengqi's strength grew rapidly like a snowball, and many Shan Tusi began to support Ainengqi under the purchase and sale of the Ming Dynasty, and his influence began to spread throughout the Shan region.

Ainengqi's activities naturally attracted the attention of the king of Donghu, who had already sent troops to encircle and suppress three times, but they all ended in failure because they did not catch Ainengqi and consumed a huge amount.

With the growth of Ainengqi, Donghu Kingdom also knew more or less that Ainengqi had the support of the Ming Dynasty, but Donghu Kingdom found the Ming Dynasty several times, and the Ming Dynasty said that Ainengqi was a thief and let Donghu Kingdom conquer and suppress it at will.

King Donghu has no conclusive evidence, he saw that the Ming Dynasty was a scoundrel, and he didn't want to break the matter, because he tore his face, the Ming Dynasty would inevitably be annoyed and angry, and the domestic Ai Nengqi could not solve it, so it was very unwise to provoke the Ming Dynasty, so Donghu did not want to start a war with the Ming Dynasty now.

Last year, Donghu invaded Siam, although under the persecution of the Ming Dynasty, they were forced to withdraw their troops from Siam and were warned not to provoke war, but after all, they fought all the way to the capital of Siam, looting a lot of things along the way, and their national strength increased again.

The Ming Dynasty blocked the eastward advance of Donghu and supported the thieves in the north to undermine the rule of Donghu, and after the withdrawal of the army from Siam, Donghu allied with the Jin State and decided to organize the fourth encirclement and suppression.

Didn't the Ming Dynasty support Ai Nengqi, then Donghu destroyed Ai Nengqi, taught the Ming Dynasty a lesson, and slapped the Ming Dynasty hard.

After Bai Mang returned to the division, he rested in Ava for a few months, and then began to divide into three routes, each with 10,000 men, and marched towards the Mubang area where Ainengqi was active, intending to divide and attack together to encircle and annihilate Ainengqi.

At this time, in the Chinese military tent, Ai Nengqi was listening to the report of the general Qi Sansheng, "General, the news I got yesterday, the troops of Donghu are divided into three routes, one along the Ava River, the other along the Jinsha River, outflanking left and right, and all the way directly to Meng Nai. It seems that they have received information that we are operating in the Mengmi Pacification Division. ”

This Qi Sansheng did not follow Sun Kewang and Ainengqi, but followed Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu to accept the adaptation of the Ming Dynasty, he was a thousand household officials under Liu Wenxiu, because he was brave and good at fighting, and was also sent to Nanjing Martial Arts, and then the Ming Dynasty in order to support Ainengqi, he selected more than ten generals with a Western army background, led by him, to Ainengqi's army.

Ai Nengqi looked at the map and said: "Mu Bang and Meng Yang, the two Tusi of the Xuanwei Division, are vacillating between Daming and Donghu, and our line has been revealed to Donghu, which is what I expected. But this time, Donghu is really rejuvenating, and it seems that he wants to put Ben to death. ”

"General, what are we going to do this time?" Qi Sansheng licked his lips, "The Donghu army is ten times larger than ours, and the Tusi who supports us probably won't dare to help us, if we are surrounded by Donghu's army, it will be over." ”

There were 10,000 people in the camp, but most of them were family members, and there were only 3,000 soldiers, about the strength of a battalion.

Ainengqi flicked the dust on the map with his hand, but did not answer, but asked, "Did Governor Qu promise to send the general's firearms?" ”

Qi Sansheng was slightly stunned, then hugged his fists and said: "The humble position has already asked the people of the third division to go to Tianma Pass to get it, and it is estimated that they will come back in the next few days." ”

After he finished speaking, he added, "General, even if we have firearms, it will be difficult for one of our battalions to face 30,000 Donghu people, so it is recommended that we retreat to Tianma Pass first for temporary refuge, and when the Donghu people are gone, we will come out!" ”

A big reason why Ai Nengqi could not be exterminated in the first three encirclements and suppressions of Donghu State was that every time he caught up with him, he hid in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

When Ai Nengqi was surrounded and suppressed by Donghu and the Ming Dynasty before, that is, the Ming Dynasty suppressed him, he hid in Donghu, and Donghu suppressed him, and he fled into the Ming Dynasty.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has become his backing, he can be said to be invincible, but this time, he is not ready to retreat into the Ming Dynasty.

Not long ago, he received a secret letter from Qu Congzhi, the governor of Yunnan, that the imperial court wanted him to do something in Donghu, and in order to support him in doing something, Yunnan even gave him firearms.

He has been supported for so long, and he has to show his achievements in order to make the Ming Dynasty feel that the effort is worth it, and he can't slip away as soon as something happens.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty still did not send firearms, after all, it was too obvious to send firearms, but now the Ming Dynasty does not have that concern, since Donghu is in alliance with the Jin State, it is reasonable for the Ming Dynasty to subvert Donghu.

Ai Nengqi bowed slightly, "To retreat into Tianma Pass is to retreat." But it's not the general, you let the soldiers of a bureau send their families to Tianma Pass for temporary refuge, so that the soldiers have no worries! ”

As he spoke, Ainengqi stood up, slid his finger over the map, and said, "As soon as the firearms arrive, we will immediately go to Xibo in the southeast." The Donghu army along the Ava River, because they should have gone the fastest, would have met them for a while! With that, his fingers slid into fists and smashed near Xibo on the map.

Qi Sansheng looked at the map, and said in a deep voice: "The general wants to use the Donghu army, the distance is different, and the road is broken?" ”

Ai Nengqi smiled, after Qi Sansheng joined the Ming army, he basically fought a dignified battle, a frontal battle of the regular official army, a hard-fought war, very emphasized the comparison of the strength of the two sides, the training of the soldiers, and the weapons and equipment, most of the time it is still more to fight less, so seeing the disparity in strength, he is a little afraid to take risks, but he is different, he is basically not strong, he has always survived in the cracks, and is good at wandering, so although there are many 30,000 Donghu people, as long as he does not face it at the same time, he has many opportunities.

"Fight him one way first, if he can win, he can break the encirclement of the Donghu people, and then Ben will take the other two roads around this mountain, and when they are tired and fall behind, they will set up an ambush again."

Ai Nengqi looked at Qi Sansheng and said: "If we are like before, as soon as the Donghu people come, they will escape into the Ming Dynasty, then the toasts of Mubang and Mengyang Xuanwei Division will only be in a state of vacillation all the time. They're all very shrewd, and if we don't show our strength, they'll be both snakes and rats. ”

When Qi Sansheng heard him say this, he understood a little in his heart. Indeed, every time they retreat into the Ming Dynasty, they can only make a small fuss, they can't make a climate, and the Tusi will not really support it, and they are also afraid that after they stand up, as soon as the Donghu people come, they sneak into the Ming Dynasty and leave them in Donghu and be attacked by the Burmese.

"Ignorance, understood!" Qi Sansheng immediately hugged his fist.

Ai Nengqi immediately waved his hand and said, "Go and do it!" ”

On that day, nearly 7,000 old and infirm women and children in the camp were escorted north by more than 100 soldiers, and the next day, the men and horses who went to fetch firearms drove back to the camp with their mules and horses.

The more than 3,000 people of Ainengqi turned out to be fierce, but they did not go through much formal training, and after Qi Sansheng and other Ming army generals came, they had very systematic training, and they were no strangers to all kinds of firearms.

At this time, he walked to the center of the camp, and nearly a hundred long rows of wooden boxes were placed together, and an officer was holding an iron rod to pry open the wooden boxes.

"General, this is the latest self-generated firearm of the imperial court, and many town troops are not equipped with it." When the box was pried open, and a few greased firecrackers leaked inside, Qi Sansheng picked up a black and shiny self-generated firecracker and said in surprise.

Sending this kind of firecracker, the Ming Dynasty basically provoked the Ming Dynasty with Donghu, and Ai Nengqi was supported by the Ming Dynasty. In fact, the actions of the Ming Dynasty did not stop there, and there were also secret spies who traveled by sea to the Mon region in the south of Donghu, carrying heavy money to support the rebellion of the Mon leaders.

At this time, another box was also pried open, and inside were earth-shattering thunderbolts, all of which were the best firearms of the Ming Dynasty.

Ai Nengqi was also overjoyed when he saw it, and asked, "How many firearms are there in this batch?" ”

Zhao Desheng, the officer in charge of transporting the firearms, replied: "General Huiyu, there are 900 self-generated guns, 300 earth-shaking thunderbolts, a total of 800 catties of gunpowder and projectiles, and some porcelain bottles and iron boxes for charges, which should be matched with the self-generated guns." ”

As he spoke, he presented a list to Ainengqi, who glanced at it a few times, then put it away, and then said: "Send this batch of equipment to the first general manager, and give the replaced bird guns to the third general manager, and after three days of practice, we will leave here immediately." ”

In the end, Ainengqi failed to train for three days, because the next day there was a report from the pro-Ming Tusi that the Donghu men and horses in the east had reached Xibo, and the Donghu army in the west and south also quickly rushed towards Meng Nai, and Ainengqi had to immediately lead the army out of the camp and meet the Donghu army in the east······

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