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Chapter 1067 Who can be the enemy with one heart

The mountain road is difficult to travel, and the heaviest artillery transported by the forbidden army to Yangjiabao in Banzhou is a six-kilogram cannon, and the number is not much, only ten guns in total. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Yangjiabao is the castle of the Yang family, it is the last base of the Yang family, not to mention the dangerous terrain, it is also strong and abnormal, eight hundred years, with the land of the two mansions, how can a giant fortification be built.

Looking at the wall foundation built with large stones, as well as the arrow towers arranged at key points, and the dense defenders at the head of the city, the officers and soldiers of Sichuan and Guizhou who followed all gasped.

Walking here, the generals of the officers and soldiers of Sichuan and Guizhou are a little regretful, the forbidden army has beaten all the way, everyone has shared the military merits, burning, killing and looting is very happy, but now such a strong fortress, no matter how you look at it, it is also necessary to use human lives to build it, the forbidden army obviously can't do this, and only their own lives are worthless.

Now they don't know where to run if they want to run, they can see the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army, and if they really want to run, it will be easy to catch it.

However, Sun Xin did not drive them to attack the city, but just let them cut down trees on the spot, use tools, and prepare for the siege, and then each family selected more strong soldiers for the use of the forbidden army.

Next, it was not as they thought, Sun Xin did not attack the city, but arranged people to build a fort in the front position that was easiest to get close to the castle, the temporary fortifications were not demanding, the civil work was heavy, but the number of people was not so tired, and the action was also very fast, and the eight forts were built.

On the twelfth day of July, the artillery began to roar, and for the first time, the people of the Yang family knew that the artillery could hit so far, so fast, that after the defenders of the city suffered heavy casualties, no one dared to show their heads at the head of the city, and the arrow towers were all knocked down, and a fortified city that seemed impossible to attack had no resistance in this direction.

After the artillery suppressed the defense in this direction, the attack began, and the officers and soldiers of Sichuan and Guizhou breathed a sigh of relief, without the rolling wood and stones, fire guns and bows and arrows at the head of the city, and simply filled the trench with earth and stones.

The artillery cleared the city, and the musketeers covered nearby, after all, there were arrow holes in the front of the city wall, so it was impossible for the artillery to hit so accurately, and it was easy to accidentally injure friendly troops.

The generals and soldiers in Sichuan and Guizhou are also handy, the governors and pacesetters from Ningxia and Shaanxi are even better marksmen, and the cavalry in the merchant group are also good at bows and arrows.

At first, there were bows and arrows shot out of the arrow hole, but they were immediately hit by the firecracker, and even bows and arrows could be shot into the hole.

Baskets of soil fell down, and big logs were paved one by one, although the Yang family's trench was deep enough, but looking at this progress, it was also a fast thing to be filled.

This is not counting, the new fort is still being built, the forbidden army has enough manpower, the fort is gradually being built forward, there is indeed no shortage of manpower, in addition to the local officers and soldiers in Sichuan and Guizhou can be used, the people of Banzhou have also been requisitioned to build.

Ten guns were finally able to bombard the center of the fort, and the guns kept changing directions, bombarding shells at various positions in the fort, and then after the trench in front was almost filled, the morale of the soldiers in the fort completely collapsed.

Looking at the officers and soldiers scattered all over the mountains outside, the defenders in the fort already knew that they were not lucky, but the artillery of the forbidden army greatly catalyzed this process.

The siege spine has been prepared, the Sichuan and Guizhou army will begin to open a reward in the army, recruit the dead soldiers who will rush to the front tomorrow, this day is July 16, in the middle of the night, the officers and soldiers on the fort set up a lookout post to see the fort in the fire, the fort people are noisy, some people are angry, but the sound of howling and crying can not be hidden

In the early morning of July 17, just after dawn, the main gate of Yangjiabao opened, and the Yang family went up and down, and Sun Xin also got a news that the head of the Yang family and his wife and concubine died last night.

Before and after, big and small battles, the forbidden army Sun Xin killed and injured nearly 20,000 Banzhou troops, 20,000 young and strong men with combat effectiveness, which is almost the limit of mobilization for a place like Banzhou, Yangjiabao fell, and the rest of the natives in Banzhou even if they were resentful, they had no way to organize any resistance, so they could only surrender obediently.

This news really made the officials of Sichuan, Guizhou and Huguang provinces around Banzhou extremely happy, and the governor Li Hualong hurriedly sent people to Beijing to report the victory, after the battle in Hejiang County, there was no suspense about the victory, Li Hualong had already planned for the next disposition, and the Beijing division would definitely allow it.

Banzhou was divided into two prefectures, one for Zunyi and the other for Pingyue, which belonged to Sichuan and Guizhou, and the imperial court sent officials to govern, so that after ten or twenty years, the local area would completely become a place of kingship.

After defeating Banzhou, the forbidden army could not leave for a while, and they could only return after clearing the remnants of the enemy locally and garrisoning them for a few months, which was also a regular rule.

However, when the siege of Yangjiabao had just begun, the governor Li Hualong received a letter from Nanjing, Li Hualong was from the Nanjing Ministry of Works, and the officials of the Nanjing Sixth Department were all familiar with each other, and also had a few good friends, and this letter was written by one of his friends.

The letter first congratulated, and then bluntly pointed out that this great achievement is gratifying, but there is still the possibility of expansion, one of the sentences is very true, and Li Hualong also wrote it in his notes.

"....... Youming has just passed 200 years, except for saints, how can there be a thousand-year-old home......"

What this sentence means is that the founding of the Ming Dynasty has just passed 200 years, and among the big families in the world, the Confucian family and the Meng family have been rewarded for generations of imperial courts, and they have inherited thousands of years of wealth, which does not need to say anything, but in the southwest, the Yang family's inheritance of 800 years is not an exception, and there are also Anjia and luxury families that have been inherited for nearly 1,000 years.

The so-called Shuixi clan has been inherited for more than a thousand years now, and they are also the consolation envoys of the imperial court, to put it bluntly, the imperial court recognizes their Tusi rule.

These southwestern chieftains, do not have to pay taxes to the imperial court, do not have to bear the burden of servitude, the merchants and goods of the Ming Dynasty pass through their territory, they have to collect taxes, although in the realm of the Ming Dynasty, although they submit to the central court, but the officials in the territory are appointed by themselves, they themselves have an army, and they are completely a country within a country.

There is such a place in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, isn't it the elbow and armpit of the imperial court, and it is not a shame for the local governor to govern the place for the Son of Heaven.

What the letter said was awe-inspiring, but what the letter said was also very clear, if you rely on the local officers and soldiers to do it, it is better to invite trouble by yourself, or to follow the precedent, but now that the forbidden army is in the territory, it is possible to use this force to clean up those Tusi Hao chieftains who are not obedient to the king.

If you can do all this, the credit is not inferior to the expansion of the territory, and if you get this feat, even if you fail to enter the cabinet, the position of the secretary of the military department will always be unable to run.

has a righteous name, and can be promoted to the cabinet, such a proposal is the most appetizing for Wenchen, Li Hualong was immediately moved, the only problem is to level the rebellion of the Yang family in Pingban Prefecture, the three provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou and Chu are already laborious and costly, and military salaries, people's husbands and other things are not so easy to collect.

Don't Tusi Hao or something, there is no deterrence, Sichuan itself will make trouble first, and at that time, it will not be a credit but a big crime.

Wang Tong not only passed the news to him through his connections, but also Zhao Jinliang and Sun Xin, as well as businessmen in Sichuan.

For Sun Xin and Zhao Jinliang, as long as Wang Tong said it, they would not fail to do it, because to clear out these barbarians who did not obey Wang Hua for the Ming Dynasty, this was originally a matter within the Ming Dynasty's soldiers.

The letterhead written to the merchants is not something that ordinary people can write, and in terms of income, in this era, no one can do better than Wang Tong.

First of all, Wang Tong first mentioned the salt of Sichuan, Sichuan is also a large province of salt production, but Huai salt is sold all over the world, and there is a supply of pond salt in the northwest of Shaanxi in the north, but Sichuan salt still has huge profits, this huge profit is divided into two parts, one is to the east, that is, the area adjacent to Huguang and Sichuan, this place is a large amount, and one is to Sichuan, Guizhou and the surrounding ethnic groups, all ethnic groups do not have salt production territory, they need salt, partial and alien races, so the high price of salt merchants is justified, and the profits are naturally rich and abnormal.

In fact, not only salt, but also other cloth and even groceries have such huge profits, which everyone in the world knows.

But in this business, the real profit is not made by the Sichuan and Guizhou merchants, but by the rich chiefs and toasts who have the name of consolation envoys.

They have official positions in the imperial court, they are wealthy, and they can open their own businesses in big cities, they are actually very sinicized, they are very familiar with these business tricks, bargaining, relying on the large amount of purchases to reduce the price, and then they bring back their own territory for distribution.

The tribes in the middle of the mountain, all the villages, had to buy from them at a high price, and even these Tusihao chieftains used the necessities as a means to control those villages and tribes.

The real link of the huge profits is in the distribution of this part, but this channel is controlled by the Tusi Hao Chiefs, and it is difficult for the top wealthy businessmen in Sichuan to reach in, and there is a lot of money in front of them that can be earned but cannot be earned, this is really unwilling, in the past, these wealthy businessmen knew that the imperial court could not control it, they did not have many choices, and they could only hook up with these Tusi Hao Chiefs, now it is different, there is a forbidden army, and the combat effectiveness shown by the forbidden army and the Yang family in the battle makes them subdued, with this force, it is not a problem to sweep away any Tusi.

Since Li Hualong's side is all tempted, Sun Xin and Zhao Jinliang's side are not a problem, the wealthy businessmen have started to move, these wealthy businessmen are inextricably linked to officialdom, as for the industries under the King of Shu and King Xiang, it is needless to say, these people are colluded together, and their influence should not be underestimated.

First of all, the gentry of Sichuan and Chu went to the yamen to cry, saying that the family property was looted by "lawbreakers", and people were killed by "lawbreakers", and then the Sichuan and Chu officials in Beijing went up one after another, asking the court to come up with regulations, and then Li Hualong's side was just right to play the strategy.

From the rebellion of the Yang family, when it comes to the An family and the luxury family that are still entrenched there, and also the Banzhou rebellion, these two families also have collusion in secret, and they are even unwilling to provide soldiers and horses to conquer and suppress, and the Yang family is ambitious and chaotic, the An family and the luxury family do not have this possibility, they must not be observed, these two families are full of bad deeds, and they are unrepentant and arrogant, and now the forbidden army is in Sichuan, it is better to eliminate them together.

Previously, there were also Lao Cheng's characters who expressed their worries in front of Emperor Wanli, saying that the land of Banzhou was complicated, different from the grassland and Guanwai, and if the forbidden army made a mistake, it would be quite unfavorable to His Majesty, which was also Lao Cheng's loyal remarks, and Emperor Wanli was also a little worried after hearing it.

The inner court even made a plan, if there was any setback on Sun Xin's side, he immediately arranged for Li Tao and Tan Bing to lead the headquarters to support, but the result made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, and they were more confident.

The Wanli Emperor would not refuse any suggestion to achieve a military victory, and Wang Tong also explained these to him, and the Wanli Emperor himself could not tolerate the forces under his jurisdiction that established themselves as kings.

In the past, there was any decision-making discussion in the government, and it was never hidden, but this time it was kept secret, and when the forbidden army left Banju and moved to the realm of luxury, the news was intentionally released.

The Shuixi family has been inherited for thousands of years, which is almost the meaning of the co-owners of all ethnic groups in Sichuan and Chu, and naturally will not allow their own status to be shaken, and the forbidden army wants to do something against the luxury family, and the An family has also given great support to the luxury family.

But the battle ended quickly, and the forbidden army, which was already familiar with the mountainous jungle and humid climate, had an overwhelming advantage over these so-called native soldiers.

The so-called poisoned arrows have no effect in the face of the protection of the forbidden army, not to mention that the range of this bow and arrow is not as good as the strong bow in the border town, not to mention any firearms, and the so-called strength of the native soldiers seems to be a joke in front of the forbidden army.

Moreover, since the Anjia and the Luxury family are large clans, their core area is also flat or relatively flat, otherwise, they do not have enough food and population to support their rule, in such a terrain, it is easy for the army to enter, and it will not affect the movement of artillery.

After fighting with the forbidden army for a few months, the courage of the officers and soldiers of Sichuan, Qianchu has also grown a lot, the forbidden army will not lose, and the courage to pick up cheap is still there, so it can fight more or less, under such a bonus, the advantage of luxury and settlement is greater.

In the face of absolute superiority, even if many people are unwilling, they know how to judge, there is only one battle that can really be called a battle, and after the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the luxury family and the 8,000 volts that suddenly appeared were calmly defeated by the forbidden army, there was no more fighting.

In the beginning of October of the 19th year of Wanli, the large and small consolation envoys and Tusihao chieftains in Sichuan and Guizhou knew where to go.

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