The Ming Dynasty: The most ruthless imperial grandson, Old Zhu begged me not to kill him.

Chapter 325 Duan Bao of the Dali Kingdom

"Doesn't he know the principle of 'if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold'? Once we are defeated by the Ming Dynasty, their military might will definitely attack them. With the current number of troops under Marquis Mu Ying of Xiping, it will be more than enough to deal with them!"

He sighed after hearing this and looked at Bazalawami in front of him.

"Their land does not border the Ming Dynasty, so they don't know much about the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, it's understandable that they lack precautions in this regard!"

"Even so, since we're at the forefront, we have to consider these things no matter what. Therefore, we need to unite all forces that can be united!"

"Besides these, there's one more person we could try to reach out to?"

Upon hearing this, Bazalawami frowned. His first thought was of the chieftains within the Duogan Commandery.

"You mean those chieftains of the Duogan Commandery? Don't even think about those scoundrels, they're all two-faced!"

"If I were to ask them for help, I would definitely suffer heavy losses, and even if I did, it probably wouldn't be effective at all. Why should I be such a sucker!"

These tribes are not very powerful, and eliminating them is a real headache. This is a major reason why the Ming Dynasty does not intend to deal with them. However, this does not mean that they are worth winning over.

He spent a lot of money to win them over, and they would never openly oppose the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty could not spend much effort on them, so they were extremely useless. Therefore, he did not want to put more effort into this aspect.

The envoy shook his head upon hearing this.

"I'm not talking about them, but about another extremely important person. I wonder if Your Majesty still knows Duan Bao!"

When Yama heard Duan Bao's name, his face turned extremely ugly.

Wanbao is now the Dali Kingdom. The king had a very good relationship with him before, and both of them had extremely powerful abilities.

When they joined forces with them to deal with the Ming Dynasty, even if the Ming Dynasty was very powerful, they were able to hold it back firmly.

What he never expected was that this one old brother of his would betray him and defect to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang even appointed him as the ruler of the Dali Kingdom.

After arriving at this place, he was filled with hatred.

"Remind me of that guy! That damned bastard dared to betray me! If it weren't for him, the situation wouldn't be this dire. I'll tear him to pieces one day!"

The man sighed upon hearing this.

“Your Highness, we need to unite all forces that can be united, including him. If he is willing to help us, it is not impossible!”

"Although the Ming Dynasty was powerful before, it was far from being able to make us fear them, so it was reasonable for him to surrender to the Ming Dynasty."

But the Ming Dynasty of today is no longer the same Ming Dynasty; its strength is now far, far greater than before!

"If he doesn't resist, his future will be extremely tragic, so I believe he will make the right decision!"

"And we do have some grudges against him!"

"But if we can take the initiative to put aside this grudge, it will not only give us a powerful ally, but also demonstrate your magnanimity to the world!"

When King Liang heard this, he was somewhat dissatisfied, but he still agreed.

Within the territory of the Dali Kingdom.

Duan Bao was extremely surprised to learn that King Liang had sent an envoy from Zhalawami to seek an alliance with him. He had also recently heard about King Liang's search for an alliance between Da Yue and Luchuan.

It seems this guy is in a hurry because he's been beaten by the Ming Dynasty, which is why he's seeking support everywhere.

Fortunately, he had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty in advance; otherwise, his fate would not have been much better than his.

He originally did not intend to meet the envoy of the King of Liang, after all, his relationship with the King of Liang, Bazalawami, was not good, and there was even great hatred between them.

It was one of his men who said that.

“Your Majesty, although King Liang, Bazalawarmi, is not a very good person, he has always been a major force against the Ming Dynasty. So, although we have already submitted to the Ming Dynasty, it does not mean that we are safe!”

"Many countries have sought refuge with the Ming Dynasty, and many others have also been destroyed by the Ming Dynasty!"

"The Ming Dynasty is extremely powerful. Although we have pledged allegiance to them, the future is not yet determined, so we need to find more allies!"

"Why don't we have King Liang put Zalawami and his men in front of us and let him handle whatever happens? That way we can have some peace of mind!"

King Duan Bao of Dali said with some doubt upon hearing this.

"I have already pledged allegiance to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has never done anything to wrong us. If we betray the Ming Dynasty now, how will we answer if the people of the Ming Dynasty come to question us!"

"Moreover, the Ming Dynasty is so powerful, we can't afford to offend it for the sake of a mere Liang King, Zalawaermi!"

Then you thought about it and said.

"Who else but the King of Liang could possibly know about our alliance with him!"

"Besides, we're not saying we're going to send troops or provide any support; we just need to let them and the Ming Dynasty..."

They can just kill each other, and then we can reap the benefits!

"Our Dali is already very powerful. If we bring the alliance's power under our control, our strength will become even greater!"

"At that time, we will march north to fight against Dali."

"To the west, we can conquer the Delhi Sultanate; to the south, we can destroy countries like Dai Viet and defeat the Khmer Empire. We will be the rulers of this region!"

"Perhaps we'll have a chance to defeat the Ming Dynasty and establish a nation even more powerful than the Yuan Dynasty!"

Upon hearing this, Duan Bao's eyes lit up. He was lost in his own fantasy. If it was really as they said, then his future would be bright. Thinking of this, he nodded in satisfaction.

“You’re right. What Zhu Yuanzhang could do, I, Duan Bao, can do as well!”

"Moreover, I, Duan Bao, am a local nobleman. My ancestors once established the Dali Kingdom in this place, and their strength was extremely formidable!"

"Back before the Great Yuan Dynasty existed, my Duan family existed in this place. This place originally belonged to my Duan family!"

"That Zhu Yuanzhang was nothing more than a monk and a lowly beggar. How could he compare to our Duan family!"

(End of this chapter)