After a few days of fear, the Burmese envoys once again arrived at the place where the cabinet officials were being held, this time taking with them the same people as last time, except for one less Mu Tianbo.

During this time, the treatment did not get better or worse, and the attitude of the guards remained largely unchanged, and officials speculated that the Ming army was probably standing still. Since the Burmese have sent another envoy today, it must have been a bad move last time, otherwise there would be no need for Mang Bai to send someone again - this is good news for the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

After waiting for most of the day, Ma Shoufu finally returned, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he announced: "Baoguo Gong refuses to withdraw from the army!" ”

After the cheers, everyone asked what the reckless white man was going to do today.

"Oh, he asked the old man how he could persuade the Duke of Baoguo to withdraw from the army." Ma Jixiang replied.

"What did Motosuke say to him?"

"The old man instructed him, and at least seventy percent sure that he would let Baoguo Gong retire." Ma Jixiang said unashamedly, seeing that everyone's faces suddenly changed, Ma Jixiang smiled slightly: "Even if Baoguo Gong retires this time, we don't have to worry." Last time, Mangbai made his own decisions and touched a nose of ash from Baoguo Gong; If Baoguo Gong really retreats this time, he will understand that if he wants to appease the Ming soldiers, we must do it. ”

As long as it can work, most of his life can be saved, and Ma Jixiang feels that the future is a lot brighter. If Deng Ming continued to march into the army, Mang Bai would definitely not dare to do things absolutely; And Deng Ming's withdrawal from the army can also show his resourcefulness.

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Although he hoped that the Ming army would force Mang Bai to release him, when he heard the Burmese envoy's narration of Deng Ming's original words, Yongli still felt a burst of anger rise from his abdomen, all the way to his throat, almost gushing out of his mouth.

The Burmese said last time that Deng Ming didn't care what the emperor thought, which made Yongli feel very awkward, but he relieved himself that this might be the Burmese sowing discord; And this time, Deng Ming openly told the Burmese people that the army had worked hard to enter Burma, and it must not return in vain, and no one's holy decree would be easy to carry out. But if any Burmese dares to touch the emperor and the cabinet, they should be mentally prepared for the destruction of the whole family.

Yongli intuitively decided that these words were not made up by the Burmese. If Deng Ming hadn't really been so tough, the Burmese wouldn't seem to have the need or motive to make it up.

"Is this Deng Ming a loyal minister?" Yongli couldn't help but think of Deng Ming's refusal to reveal his life experience, the last time he heard that the Sichuan army came thousands of miles away to Qin Wang Yongli was still a little moved, but now he can't help but start thinking in the bad way: "Does Deng Ming have different intentions?" In front of the soldiers, he disregarded my face like this. ”

Although he did not want the other party to carry out his holy decree, when the courtiers really ignored it, the emperor was furious. It is precisely because Bai Wenxuan knows this that he hesitates and is unwilling to do thankless things; Deng Ming also knew it, but Deng Ming didn't have the slightest expectation for Yongli, as long as Yongli could still sit on the throne of the Great Tomorrow alive. From this point of view, Yongli's suspicion of Deng Ming is not wrong, as a former modern person, Deng Ming's contempt for imperial power is much more thorough than that of Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan, the latter two may be dissatisfied with an emperor sitting on the throne, but they will definitely not be like Deng Ming who has no reverence for the throne itself.

And the demands brought by the Burmese envoy today don't sound like they could be made up. Yongli read the draft that the Burmese had asked him to copy, and felt that it was very much like it had been drafted with the help of his cabinet, and the content was very vicious, and the tone was very unkind. If this letter is really sent to Deng Ming, the other party is likely to be unable to hold his face and retreat a little, at least it is unlikely that he will continue to march towards Wacheng.

This edict is full of suspicion of Deng Ming, ** nakedly questioned him about the intentions of King Qin this time, and even more severely accused him of trying to kill the emperor by pretending to be a Burmese; If the other party is a traitor, after seeing this letter, in order to hide people's eyes and ears, in order to avoid the fluctuation of military morale, most of them will temporarily retreat; And if Deng Ming is loyal, it is estimated that he will be disheartened after seeing this edict, and those soldiers of the Sichuan army who are enthusiastic and want to serve the king will probably be disappointed after seeing this edict, and they will not want to work hard for the emperor anymore.

Yongli knew very well the effect of this edict, but people were under the eaves and had to bow their heads.

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Burma sent many envoys, and before coming, they also copied many copies of Yongli's edict and posted them in the Ming army camp, and some Burmese people recited it aloud outside the Ming army camp regardless of life or death.

"Does the emperor question my intentions?" After listening to the general content, Deng Ming ordered his subordinates to let the Burmese envoy speak casually, and he had no intention of stopping it at all.

During this time, Bai Wenxuan did not continue to march towards Ava, but waited for Deng Ming's troops in place. Now more than 3,000 Sichuan troops have arrived at Bai Wenxuan's camp to join the Dian army. In addition to these Ming troops, Pang Gao also cobbled together some troops to help in the war. Deng Ming didn't care about the combat effectiveness of these newly established Burmese troops, but he valued the influence of this army, after all, this was an army with the same banner of the Donghu Dynasty as Mangbai, whether it was used to occupy Wacheng or control the countryside around Wacheng, the effect was completely different from that of the Ming army shirtless.

Along with these Burmese troops were religious leaders who had just been dragged into the reckless regime by Deng Ming's soft and hard work. Up to now, Deng Ming felt that their support for the reckless government was still forced, so Deng Ming needed them to see the combat effectiveness of the Ming army. Deng Ming and they got along amicably, eliminating the distance between each other as much as possible.

Deng Ming was very polite to these collaborators, allowing them to sit in on some of the unimportant meetings and try to update them on the progress of the battle. After today's envoy sent Yongli's edict, Deng Ming did not try to hide the content of the edict from these allies, but let them attend and receive the Burmese envoy together with Bai Wenxuan and Deng Ming.

Deng Ming called the people who led the group of Mangbai envoys and told him: "Why bother so much, I will gather the troops and let you read the emperor's will in public." ”

Although I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Deng Ming's gourd, since the Ming generals are so careless, the Burmese envoys are also determined to seize this opportunity.

Deng Ming and Bai Wenxuan gathered the army and asked the envoy to read the edict of Yongli. Yongli not only denied once again that he was under house arrest in Myanmar, but also began to question Deng Ming what he wanted to do as soon as he wrote a few sentences. asked Deng Ming if he wanted to frame his father in order to fulfill his wolf ambitions; He even said that he could give Deng Ming the throne, as long as he did not continue to plague Burma and did not let the Burmese people be angry with the emperor's family who were still in Ava.

"If I were King Yue, I'm afraid I would have burst into tears when I heard this, and I fell to my knees and shouted 'capital crime', right? No, no, King Yue had already received the order to retreat, and the order of the monarch's father, even if he knew that it was wrong, he would have to carry it out. There was already an uneasy buzz among the surrounding soldiers, but Deng Ming still listened with an unchanged face, and he could still evaluate it in his heart from time to time.

The edict changed its words, and then talked about Bai Wenxuan, reprimanding him not to be quick for a while, or to be bewitched by others and fall into danger for the monarch's father.

Hearing this, Deng Ming turned his head to look at King Gongchang, and saw that the latter's face was also irrepressibly disappointed, anyone who heard such words would lose confidence in the emperor even more. No matter how low the fighting power of the Burmese is, attacking their capital will require bloodshed and sacrifice, and it is easy for soldiers to wonder: Why should I die for such an emperor?

"In my previous life, Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan definitely did not rescue Yongli. At that time, was it because Yongli disappointed the soldiers and was unwilling to continue to work hard? Deng Ming thought as he listened patiently to the edict. The discussion in the ranks became louder and louder, and the faces of some Sichuan army officers showed a look of indignation, and whoever trekked thousands of mountains and rivers to Qin Wang would be furious when they were so suspicious.

After reading the holy decree, the Burmese envoy turned to look at Bai Wenxuan and Deng Ming: "King Gongchang and Baoguo Gong, do you want to resist the decree?" ”

At this time, Bai Wenxuan was already disheartened, anyway, he had robbed a lot of things this time, and the military heart was almost tossed by these holy decrees: "Since it is the emperor's will, how dare Weichen disobey?" ”

"Yes, King Gongchang and Bengong are both loyal courtiers, how can they resist the decree?" Deng Ming took a step forward and said in a loud voice: "If this is the emperor's original intention, then Bengong will withdraw today." ”

"However, is this a letter from the emperor?" Deng Ming turned around and pointed to the original manuscript, and asked Bai Wenxuan loudly: "King Gongchang has seen the emperor's imperial pen himself, please identify it." ”

Bai Wenxuan knew that Deng Ming had never seen Yongli's handwriting, and this identification work could only be done by himself. Although Bai Wenxuan felt that there was no need, he still stepped forward to take a closer look and nodded: "It is the emperor's handwriting." ”

"Bai Wenxuan, what kind of political understanding are you?" Deng Ming glanced at Bai Wenxuan and said angrily: "I kicked Li Laiheng, and he immediately understood." ”

"I don't look at the emperor's handwriting." Fortunately, Bai Wenxuan's voice was not loud, Deng Ming immediately denied it loudly, and at the same time reached out and snatched the edict from Bai Wenxuan's contestants and tore it in half, then raised his hands high, tore it to pieces in front of everyone, and announced: "King Gongchang said, this is a false edict!" ”

"Why did Mangbai forge the edict?" In front of the envoy, Deng Ming shouted to the officers and soldiers in front of him: "Because Mangbai is at the end of his rope and knows that Ava can't keep it, he uses a false edict to disturb the hearts of our army!" Soldiers, the reckless idiots are delusional and want to trick us into retreating. ”

Deng Ming turned to the stunned Burmese envoy and sneered: "If we want us to believe that this is not a false edict, let the emperor personally come and tell us." If the emperor personally asks us to withdraw our troops, we will withdraw immediately. ”

After bombing away the Burmese envoys, Deng Ming brought in those collaborators: "All edicts that violate the agreement between you and me, and the interests of the reckless king and you, are all false edicts - my sincerity, you should all understand." ”