Gou was a member of the imperial family in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1192 Kunming Rebellion
"Although the White Spear Army is strong, General Qin is old. I think it would be more appropriate to let General of the Cavalry and Sichuan Commander Ma Xianglin lead the reinforcements to Yunnan, and then transfer General Qin Yiming to lead the troops." Wang Jinwu suggested.

Hong Chengchou suddenly realized what had happened and said quickly, "Second Assistant is right. The loyal marquis is indeed too old to lead the army. You can send someone else to replace him."

Zhu Shenzhu nodded slightly. Ma Xianglin was the son of Qin Liangyu. He was not only the hereditary envoy of Shizhu, but also loyal to the court. He fought bravely and fearlessly, and was known as the Zhao Zilong of the time. As for Qin Yiming, he was the nephew of Qin Liangyu. He followed his father and aunt in the battles since he was a child. He had outstanding military exploits and was also a fierce general.

Although these two people could not match Qin Liangyu's prestige, they were both famous generals in the White Spear Army and had no problem leading the troops alone. In addition, Qin Liangyu was over seventy years old. Although she was still strong after a lifetime of military service, she was too old. Moreover, Yunnan had a complex terrain and was full of miasma. Given Qin Liangyu's character, she would definitely not refuse if the court asked her to lead the troops. However, as the emperor, Zhu Shenzhu had to consider Qin Liangyu's age. If something happened to the Loyal Marquis during the expedition, it would be a serious matter and Zhu Shenzhu absolutely could not take this risk.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Shenzhu said, "Draft an imperial decree. Ma Xianglin will be appointed General Zhennan, and Qin Yiming, the Sichuan General, will be his deputy. They will lead the White Rod Army to reinforce Yunnan and suppress the local area."

After he finished speaking, Zhu Shenzhui said, "Order Yongping Hou Xie Jikai to send troops from Guizhou to Yunnan to cooperate in the battle. The two armies' food and grass shall be supplied by the Sichuan Provincial Administration Commissioner's Office and the Guizhou Provincial Administration Commissioner's Office. No shortage is allowed. This order shall be issued immediately and sent to Sichuan and Guizhou at an expedited speed of 800 miles."

"Yes!"

Hong Chengchou and Wang Jinwu responded. Hong Chengchou stood up and walked to the side. He picked up a pen and wrote an edict, and then showed it to the emperor. After reading it, Zhu Shenzhu felt that there was no problem, so he called Lu Jiude outside the hall and asked the Imperial Household Department to use the seal. Then it was issued by the cabinet, transferred to the Five Military Governor's Office, the General Council, and the Ministry of War, and then sent to Sichuan and Guizhou.

It was Hong Chengchou's suggestion to transfer the White Rod Army from Sichuan to Yunnan, and Zhu Shenzhu also agreed to this. However, the White Rod Army alone was not enough. Although the White Rod Army was capable of fighting, after all, the number of people was too small. After the Battle of Hunhe, the earliest elite of the White Rod Army were basically all killed in the battle, leaving only a few seeds in Sichuan.

After her husband died for the country, Qin Liangyu took over the military power and set about rebuilding the White Spear Army. Since the White Spear Army, like the Qi Family Army, adopted the policy of elite troops, and its tactics and methods limited the number of troops, the White Spear Army rebuilt by Qin Liangyu over the years had only about 3,500 people. This time, the White Spear Army was transferred to Yunnan, and taking into account the troops left behind in Sichuan, it is estimated that the total strength that the White Spear Army can mobilize is about 3,000.

This number is really too small. Although the White Rod Army has strong combat effectiveness, such a small number of people is not enough to be placed in the vast Yunnan Province. Moreover, we must also consider the changes in the situation in Yunnan. It is even more impossible to let these White Rod Army do the work of guarding the local area. Isn't this a waste of talent?
After careful consideration, Zhu Shenzhui decided to transfer more troops from Guizhou to Yunnan. Since he had to transfer troops from Guizhou, then Yongping Marquis Xie Jiekai was the best choice.

Don't forget that Yongping Hou Xie Jikai is the father of the Crown Princess, the father-in-law of Crown Prince Zhu Minlan, and the grandfather of the Crown Prince. This is a family member, so naturally he is absolutely trusted. Moreover, Xie Jikai is a steady person and loyal to the Ming Dynasty. He is now the commander-in-chief of Guizhou, so it is most appropriate to transfer him to reinforce Yunnan.

With the cooperation of Guizhou soldiers and Sichuan's White Rod Army, plus the local Yunnan army and the troops in Mu Tianbo's hands, even if Yunnan has troubles, it will be able to suppress it as a whole.

The mobilization of the army has been determined, but the key now is time. No one knows what the situation in Yunnan is now. Zhu Shenzhu can only hope that the situation will not develop in the worst direction. As long as Mu Tianbo can wait until the reinforcements arrive, everything will be fine.

Unfortunately, good things in the world often don't work, but bad things do. Just when the emperor and the cabinet in the capital were discussing and deciding to send troops to reinforce Yunnan, Mu Tianbo in Yunnan was already complaining bitterly and feeling full of remorse.

After Wu Bikui started the rebellion, although Mu Tianbo was caught off guard, he was not too worried.

Just as Wang Jinwu judged, although Wu Bikui was so powerful and advertised that he had an army of 50,000, and he was unstoppable after he launched the rebellion, and successively captured several prefectures and counties, and his troops were approaching Kunming with great momentum, but in fact, Wu Bikui's real strength was not as strong as imagined.

As a local chieftain, although Wubikui united some villages and small chieftains and obtained support from Myanmar behind the scenes, in fact, the troops under Wubikui's control were only 12,000 people. The rest of the tribes were a motley crowd, and all of them added up to no more than 17,000 people.

Even among the 12,000 people in Wubikui's own headquarters, there were only a few thousand real elites, and the rest were all pieced together by him. These troops were not satisfactory in terms of training and equipment, and their combat effectiveness was not strong, but they looked good. At the beginning of the uprising, Wubikui was unstoppable. He captured several counties in succession, which instantly expanded his ambition. Moreover, after taking each county and city, Wubikui's army looted the city. Most of his soldiers were mountain people with little knowledge and poor discipline. Now that they entered the city and saw the colorful world, how could they restrain themselves? Seeing the good things in front of them, they were jealous and scrambled to loot everywhere, wishing to move all the good things back to their own mountain strongholds.

In this case, what kind of discipline can Wu Bikui's army have? They were even more ferocious during the looting, fighting privately and even burning and killing everywhere, which made the local people hate them. Moreover, at this time, Wu Bikui had been dazzled by the success and benefits in front of him. He thought that Mu Tianbo and the court were just like that, and it would be easy to take Kunming next. With this idea, Wu Bikui led his troops to burn, kill and loot all the way, causing public outrage, military discipline was greatly damaged, and the army had little organizational ability.

At this time, Mu Tianbo had bought himself time by giving up some territory, and took this opportunity to quickly mobilize a lot of troops, including the troops of various chieftains ordered by him to come to reinforce. After the troops arrived one after another, Mu Tianbo seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and in just one battle, the complacent main force of Wu Bikui collapsed.

Wubi Kui had never expected that his army was so weak. When the news of the defeat came, Wubi Kui panicked instantly. Although he tried to gather his troops to stabilize his position, his men had been defeated by Mu Tianbo at this time. After the crushing defeat, Wubi Kui, who was once so powerful, became a stray dog ​​in an instant. He retreated in a panic, intending to escape back to his lair to reorganize his army and make a comeback. Unfortunately, Mu Tianbo had already calculated this and sent troops to cut off his retreat. How could he succeed?

A few days later, the remnants of Wu Bikui were surrounded on a small hill. His so-called 50,000-man army had been wiped out, and only a few hundred people were left. Seeing that he was surrounded by the Ming army outside, Wu Bikui was now unable to escape. He was desperate and disheartened, and eventually committed suicide.

After Wu Bikui's death, all his subordinates surrendered. Mu Tianbo was not interested in recruiting these people, so he went on a killing spree and killed almost all of them. With Wu Bikui's death, the rebellion was suppressed in a very short time. Although some of Wu Bikui's remnants fled to various places and could not be completely eliminated for a while, the rebellion was completely quelled.

After resolving the Wu Bikui Rebellion, Mu Tianbo finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although he made a mistake in this matter and was preempted by the other party and caused heavy losses to the local area in Yunnan, he finally put down the rebellion, which can be regarded as making up for his mistakes.

After returning to Kunming, Mu Tianbo wrote a memorial to the court to report the victory and the good news that Wubikui's rebellion had been quelled, and at the same time, he was ready to ask for credit for his subordinates. Mu Tianbo himself knew that he would not have any credit, as he could not escape the responsibility for the outbreak of Wubikui's rebellion. However, he could not sit idly by and watch the credit of his subordinates for quelling the rebellion so quickly, especially the chieftains who responded to the call had to meet the other party's requirements, otherwise he would not be able to explain.

The court's reply and reward could not have come so quickly, and his memorial had just been written and sent out. Considering the time it took to get from Yunnan to the capital, and then from the capital to Yunnan, even if the court gave any reward, it would take at least a month or even longer.

Taking this into consideration, Mu Tianbo planned to appease the chieftains first, give them promises and guarantees, and then host a banquet in Kunming to entertain everyone on the occasion of the victory in suppressing the rebellion.

Even so, the chieftains were still quite sympathetic to Mu Tianbo. They also knew that the court's rewards would not come so quickly, and as the head of the Mu family, Mu Tianbo's promise in Yunnan still carried weight.

After the banquet, several chieftains led their troops to leave Kunming one after another, and the local troops mobilized to suppress the rebellion also returned to their garrisons one after another. But one of the chieftains stayed behind, and this chieftain was none other than Sha Dingzhou.

Sha Dingzhou delayed for two days due to being drunk, and after the others left, he suddenly fell ill again. Mu Tianbo didn't take it seriously, and thought that Sha Dingzhou had caught a cold while helping him to quell the rebellion, and was unwell due to being drunk.

Mu Tianbo specially sent a doctor to see Sha Dingzhou, and also sent someone to tell Sha Dingzhou to take a good rest for the time being, and it would not be too late to return after he recovered. After that, Mu Tianbo did not pay much attention to Sha Dingzhou's situation, and was busy letting his troops continue to wipe out the remnants of Wu Bikui in order to completely eliminate the influence of the rebellion.

But who would have thought that just a few days later, when Mu Tianbo was completely unprepared, Sha Dingzhou suddenly launched a mutiny in Kunming late at night. It was unknown how Sha Dingzhou managed to secretly send his elite troops outside the city into the city and hide them. He chose a windy and late time to launch the mutiny. In an instant, the city of Kunming was filled with the sound of killing, and there were chaotic troops everywhere. Sha Dingzhou personally led the elite troops to attack the Provincial Government and the Duke of Qian's Mansion, catching Mu Tianbo off guard.

(End of this chapter)