"Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, and Hu Haihe, Commander of Yiyang, where are you?" Fu Youde pointed out two more generals.

  "The end will arrive!" The two of them responded in unison and stepped forward.

  "This will be the plan: you two will follow His Majesty's strategic point, taking 50,000 elite soldiers as a surprise force, departing from Tongren and heading northwest to capture the Broadcasting State Administration in Sichuan, and quickly stabilize the chaotic situation there. The civil officials who are accompanying you have already been prepared, and afterwards, you will pass through Yongning to Qixing Pass. Remember! You must take Qixing Pass and make a show of threatening Wusa, making the enemy think that you are the main force!"

  "Roger!"

  "Where is Moying? Where is Lanyu?"

  "The end is near!"

  "I appoint you two as the vanguard of my great army, to open roads and build bridges whenever we encounter mountains or rivers. The roads in Yunnan and Guizhou are treacherous, but with you two, I guarantee that our army will march smoothly without any obstacles!"

  "The order is received!" The two men bowed their hands in response.

  "Alright! The war to pacify Yunnan and Guizhou starts from today!" Fu Youde said, then led the crowd out of the camp. The gathering horn had already sounded, and the army surged forward like a mighty river, advancing towards Guizhou...

  "Your Highness! My 200,000-strong army is ready to set out at a moment's notice. Please give the order!" In Yunnan, General Dari Ma of the Liang Wang Mansion came to request orders.

  "Alright! By my royal decree, you are now allowed to proceed to the border of my Yunnan territory to take up defensive positions! Not a single Ming person is to be allowed into my Yunnan territory!" Under Guanyinbao's persuasion, Liang Wang decided to go to war with the Ming people and withdrew 200,000 troops from the Yunnan border. He also borrowed 50,000 native soldiers from the Mongols and the Duan family, totaling 250,000 men, which was almost on par with Fu Youde's 300,000 men.

  Guanyinbao advised Liang Wang to personally rush to the front line to encourage the soldiers, and Liang Wang also agreed. He brought his entourage and left Kunming City with the main army to head to the Qujing defense line.

  Just as King Liang's army had just laid down a tight defense along the Baishi River in Qujing, the intelligence passed on from the front was indeed enough to make King Liang break out in a cold sweat.

  "Your Highness! Your Highness! What on earth has happened that you look so pale!" Dali asked anxiously.

  "Things are moving too fast, too fast..." Liang Wang muttered to himself.

  Dali Mazhe saw Liang Wang ignoring him and had no choice but to pick up the intelligence that had fallen on the ground and take a look. As soon as he took a glance, his face changed color again.

  After Fu Youde ordered the army to restore its marching speed, it arrived in Guizhou Province in just a few days. In Tongren Prefecture, they divided their forces into two routes, one of which marched quickly to Bozhou Proclamation Office. The gray area they had worked hard to maintain was eliminated by the bloody suppression of the Ming army in less than two days. Furthermore, civil officials were quickly dispatched to take over administrative affairs and handle security matters, making the entire Bozhou Proclamation Office a subordinate territory of the Ming court.

  After that, the troops marched on to victory after victory, crossing the Red Water River and killing their way to the front of Qixing Pass. The commander of the defending forces, Chi Li, was fighting to the death to resist the Ming army's attack, and this intelligence had been sent from Qixing Pass overnight to arrive here.

  If the Seven Stars Pass is lost, Wu Sa will be exposed to the eyes of the Ming army. If Wu Sa is lost, the screen barrier on the north side of Qujing will disappear, and their defense line will be infinitely expanded.

  "Your Highness! Now we must quickly dispatch reinforcements to Qixing Pass! We must block the Ming army's path, even if Qixing Pass cannot be held, Ussa must be defended. If not, my territory in Qujing will not be preserved, and the gates of Yunnan will be wide open, allowing the Ming army to enter our borders unimpeded!" Da Li Ma hastily advised King Liang.

  "Yes, yes, yes... Quick! Divide the army and send 100,000 men to support Qixing Pass! Daliya, choose trustworthy people to go ahead! I must hold on to Qixing Pass! Hold on to Wusa!"

  Dali Ma hastily left the account and gave orders to go. This support must be quick, otherwise everything will be too late when the Ming army arrives in front of them.

  Just as the 100,000 relief troops under Liang Wang were about to depart for Qixing Pass, another military report arrived, dealing a severe blow to Liang Wang's already fragile heart.

  "Darima... you said I was wrong... should I have surrendered?" Looking at the military report in his hand, Liang Wang said to Zha'erwalei with a hint of despair.

  "This...". Dali was also at a loss for words, the Prime Minister had already made it clear that surrendering was impossible. After killing three of Zhu Yuanzhang's envoys, they still wanted to surrender, which was simply a fool's dream.

  And the military report was written that another route of the Ming army had broken through Puding, and its military power directly threatened Pu'an. Its action was even faster than the other branch of the Seven Star Pass, and it was even faster!

  Fu Youde marched west through Chenzhou and Yuanzhou, capturing Puding without stopping along the way. Whoever blocked his path was killed, whether they were local officials or Mongol soldiers; anyone who appeared before his army became an enemy and was trampled into the mud.

  For a time, the southwestern part of Guizhou was filled with the stench of blood and rain, corpses littered the ground and blood flowed like rivers. In the face of those who refused to surrender and submit to the rule of the Ming court, he had only one word: 'kill'.

  They killed their way out of a desolate and uninhabited place, scaring the local people to flee in all directions at that time. Otherwise, no one knew when they would be chopped off by Fu Youde's big knife on their necks.

  They killed all the way to the front of Puan Prefecture, and Fu Youde coldly looked at the city wall in front of him, waved his hand lightly, and the army instantly flooded the small Puan City like a tide. After slaughtering the Yuan people in Puan, the army rushed to the opposite bank of Baishi River without stopping.

  It was already early morning, with thick fog on the river and wet air rising from the trees. The army, which had been marching continuously, also felt tired and was resting by the river.

  When they went through the jungle, they could be said to have seen what was called barbarism. Large insects, blood-sucking mosquitoes, and seemingly calm grasslands that actually hid deadly swamps. The army had already lost thousands of people on its way forward, and this was still under the guidance of local people who made sufficient preparations. Otherwise, it is unknown how many more people would have died.

  Li Wang and Da Li Ma looked at the thick fog on the river and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Just now when the Ming army arrived on the opposite bank, they were still nervous and worried that Fu Youde would come over and kill them directly. But with this big fog, they felt at ease. The Ming army had just arrived here, even if they didn't care about fatigue, they couldn't possibly advance in the fog without being able to see the road clearly.

  Fu Youde did not think so, the thick fog in front of him could not stop his ambition to become a marquis, now it was the last obstacle, killing all the Mongolians in front of him, Qujing would be in his hands, and Yunnan would naturally follow, the day he became a marquis was not far away.

  "Pass on my order, give the army a rest of one hour, and after one hour I will launch an attack. Before tonight, I want to set up camp on the other side of the river!" Fu Youde gave the order in a deep voice.

  Upon receiving the order, the soldiers hastened to start a fire and cook their meals, nourishing themselves in preparation for the impending great battle.

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