An army of 300,000 marching south can be compared to the speed of marching north. On the way of domestic march, there is no need to worry about being attacked by others, and the taxes and grains that were transported from various states and prefectures at the time of autumn harvest all returned to the military grain of the army.

  Zhu Gongzi spared no effort to quickly pacify Yunnan and Guizhou, and even dispatched additional generals to Fu Youde's command, including Wu Ding Hou Guo Ying and Hu Hai, who was garrisoned on the border of Guizhou. They were all under Fu Youde's command. With the addition of northern expedition generals such as Mu Ying and Lan Yu, this southern campaign lineup can be said to be quite luxurious.

  Several tens of marquises are rubbing their fists and palms, this time there isn't even a duke in the military array, Your Majesty's intention is clearer than ever. Nowadays, it's getting harder to get military achievements in the imperial court, they should hurry up and seize this opportunity to advance their ranks and titles, who knows, after the Yunnan campaign, their marquis title might be promoted to duke.

  The army marched swiftly, and before the vanguard had even left Beiping City, the rear guard had already arrived in the territory of Huguang.

  Fu Youde ordered his troops to slow down their march after entering Huguang, firstly because the imperial court had previously issued an edict ordering him to slow down and wait for military rations to be prepared, and secondly because going further southwest would lead to Guizhou. The northeastern part of Guizhou's Xuanwei Si had already surrendered to the imperial court and accepted its investiture, while the southwestern part of Shunyuan Xuanfu Si and the neighboring Sichuan province's Bozhou Xuanfu Si were still a mixed bag of fish and dragons.

  Originally, both places were under the jurisdiction of the Water West Tusi, but in recent years, with wars breaking out everywhere and the Water West Tusi's mismanagement, these two places have become the dividing line between the Ming Dynasty and the King of Yunnan. The Tusi can't manage them, the Yuan people are meddling, and the Ming people don't want to manage them either.

  After a long time, this place became a lawless zone. The Liang King often supported the local bandits and thieves to make it even more chaotic, as a shield for their Yunnan province. As long as they didn't let the Liang King out, that was fine. Naturally, they also didn't have the energy to go in and clean up these two places.

  Now that the imperial court has decided to conquer Yunnan, these two gray areas of non-interference will soon disappear from the map. Following closely behind Fu Youde's army are the various civil officials who have been prepared by Zhu Yuanzhang for a long time. Yunnan can be divided and ruled, but Guizhou must be firmly grasped in one's own hands. These young faces of scholars are exactly what Zhu had prepared long ago; their whole lives will be spent on this land of the Guizhou tusi.

  At the same time when Fu Youde was advancing slowly, Zhu Laoyezi in Ying Tianfu was also not idle. He was very concerned about this expedition to Yunnan and Guizhou, no less than his concern for the Northern Expedition. If they win this battle, the Ming dynasty will have no more worries in the south, and the army can focus on dealing with the enemies in the north without dividing their attention.

  The nomadic people have always been the enemy of the farming people, and only the horse-riding aliens outside the northern border are the biggest worry for Master Zhu, as for Yunnan, he is concerned but not worried.

  Defeat is impossible; at worst, it would merely be unable to achieve a decisive victory and annihilate the Northern Yuan's Prince of Liang in one fell swoop.

  But to win, why must lose, Yunnan is just a mountainous and forested area with rugged roads, inconvenient transportation and complex terrain. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe that he couldn't handle such a small place like Yunnan. He had already brought the maps of Yunnan from the Ministry of Works to his study, where he was studying them with Yu Qian, Song Guogong Feng Sheng and other officials to develop a battle strategy.

  Yes, old Master Zhu has not led the army to fight for a long time and his hands are itching. This time, since there is no national public to command, he will personally give Fu Youde a general direction of the battle plan as the emperor, although he cannot be present on the battlefield, it can also be said that he participated in the command.

  "Old Feng! Look, if we divide our troops and attack from two routes, wouldn't that be better? This way, we can pacify western Sichuan and also bypass the Yuan army's defense line directly." Old Zhu said excitedly as he leaned over the map.

  Feng Sheng, who was also leaning forward with his buttocks and looking at the map, nodded repeatedly. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, sending a team from Zhenzhou to Sichuan via Yongning to attack Wusa is indeed an excellent plan. "Your Majesty, what you said is absolutely right. In this way, the area of Bozhou Proclamation and Pacification Commission will naturally fall into our hands. When the time comes, the main force of the army will rush straight to Pu'an State at the junction of Yunnan and Guizhou, and then press on to Qujing. The Baishi River is the throat of Qujing and also the only way to enter Yunnan."

  "Yes, I think that Liang Wang will also think of this point and will definitely defend the White Stone River with all his might. In that case, we only need to send a small number of elite troops to take down Bozhou and Wusa, while Fu Youde's main army must make a strong attack on the White Stone River to take down Qujing. The success or failure of pacifying Yunnan depends on this one battle at the White Stone River." Old Master Zhu stood up and used his jade staff to heavily tap the large characters "Qujing" on the map under his feet.

  "All right, you two, according to what I and Song Guo Gong said, draft a battle strategy for me to review. Later, we can send it to Fu Youde in Huguang, otherwise I'm afraid he'll be so eager to become king that he'll directly lead his army into Guizhou."

  "Yes, sir!" The Minister of War, Tang Du and the Deputy Minister Li Kegang, hastily picked up their pens and wrote down the detailed strategy they had just discussed and presented it to the old master.

  Zhu Yuanzhang carefully read it and nodded "Very good, have someone quickly send this military strategy to Fu Youde, also order each province to quickly send the allocated military rations to the army as reserve rations. Also, my young scholars must be sent over quickly. I want at the moment Fu Youde pacifies Guizhou, it will truly become a territory of our great Ming. Since those local officials have no ability to defend their home, then don't blame me for taking it by force."

  "Understood!" Just as the two were about to leave, Old Master Zhu's voice rang out again.

  Wait

  The two of them hastily bowed their heads and listened for orders.

  The old man walked up to Tang Tong, the Minister of War, with his hands behind his back and said in a deep tone: "Tell Fu Youde that this time I want to complete the conquest of Yunnan and Guizhou in one battle. I want him to bring back the head of Prince Liang within next year. If he fails to do so within the deadline, he can forget about his wish to be enfeoffed as a duke for the rest of his life!"

  At this moment, the old man seemed to have returned to Lake Poyang, looking at the distant sky outside the temple, he seemed to see the ugly faces of Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng again. The boiling battle spirit made the old man who had been drunk in the imperial court for many years straighten his waist, he stretched out one hand and grasped it, as if holding the whole world!

  The unintentionally emitted aura made Tang and Dong involuntarily bow their heads deeply, retreating to both sides. At this moment, no one dared to stand in front of the master of the Great Ming Dynasty!

  No! To be exact, it's in front of the invincible Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty who has never been defeated in a hundred battles!

  At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was more like a fearless general leading his troops into battle than the ruler of the empire.

  Feng Sheng smiled slightly and bowed respectfully behind him, feeling a long-lost excitement. At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was the Wu Guogong who dared to kill and fight, leading them to attack cities and occupy territories, he was their King Wu!

  They, these old generals, from start to finish, hoped that Zhu Yuanzhang would not become an emperor who only knew how to review memorials day and night. A founding emperor who had just conquered the world should have his due prestige, killing and decisive, Zhu Chongba was truly him...

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