On the fifth day of May in the first year of Hongye, Wu Bikui, the chieftain of Yuanmou in Wuding Prefecture, launched a rebellion and led his army to conquer Dayao, Dingyuan, Yao'an and other places.
Mu Tianbo, Duke of Guizhou in Shizhen Yunnan, was shocked when he learned the news and immediately mobilized manpower to participate in countering the rebellion.
He mobilized the chieftain Long Zaitian of Shiping, the chieftain Wang Yangzu of Shangao, the chieftain Sha Dingzhou of Mengzi, the chieftain Lu Yongming of Ningzhou, the chieftain Diao Xun of Jingdong, etc.
The coalition of chieftains defeated Wu Bikui's army and captured Wu Bikui alive and presented him to Mu Tianbo.
Mu Tianbo was naturally overjoyed and held a banquet at the Duke of Guizhou's Mansion in Kunming City to reward the meritorious chieftains who participated in countering the rebellion.
The situation in Yunnan is very special.
There are hundreds of toasts, large and small, all over Yunnan.
Although the imperial court also established governments and states in Yunnan, they were basically just decorations, and the real power was firmly controlled by these chieftains.
In comparison, the situation in the other two of the three southwestern provinces is much better.
Guizhou originally had many chieftains, but during the Wanli period, Yang Yinglong, the chieftain of Bozhou, launched a rebellion, and the imperial court sent a large army to encircle and suppress him.
In the end, the imperial court captured Hailongdun and took advantage of the situation to return to the country, which greatly increased the imperial court's control over Guizhou.
As for Sichuan, it was similar.
Although southern Sichuan was still under the control of chieftains, at least officials near Chengdu and eastern Sichuan were in real power.
Only this Yunnan seems to be the private land of a group of chieftains.
There was no chance for the imperial court to infiltrate.
Therefore, the imperial court could only confer the title of Duke of Guizhou and rely on the Mu family to guard Yunnan.
However, the Mu family's own troops are limited, and if there is a rebellion, they still have to rely on the troops of other chieftains to quell the rebellion.
This raises a problem.
The chieftains who participate in the counter-rebellion will definitely annex the property and army of the rebel chieftain.
In this way, the balance will be disturbed.
At a banquet, Sha Dingzhou, the chieftain of Amizhou and Wangnong, coveted the Mu family's wealth and decided to launch a rebellion to seize power.
It turns out that Sha Dingzhou was first the son of Sha Yuan, the chieftain of Wangnong.
Later, Pu, the chieftain of Amizhou, passed away and his wife, Wanshi, remarried to Sha Dingzhou.
Amizhou was also sent to Shadingzhou as Wan's dowry.
The merger of the two chieftains has greatly increased their strength.
In addition, Sha Dingzhou annexed a large amount of wealth and troops when quelling the Wubikui rebellion, and his strength was at its peak.
Human ambitions and desires will continue to expand.
At first, Sha Dingzhou felt complacent.
After all, his strength ranked among the top among all Yunnan chieftains.
But after seeing the wealth of the Mu family, he became red-eyed.
Why can your Mu family rule Yunnan and enjoy the glory and wealth, but I, Sha Dingzhou, cannot become the lord of Yunnan?
Finally, after careful planning, Sha Dingzhou raised his troops to rebel.
This mess is huge.
Because the incident happened suddenly, Mu Tianbo had no time to react.
Wu Bikui launched the rebellion in Wuding Prefecture, which seemed to be very close to Kunming, but in fact it was still a hundred or two hundred miles away.
Mu Tianbo had full time to mobilize his troops and generals to meet the enemy.
But Sha Dingzhou launched a rebellion in Kunming City, and Mu Tianbo was too late to make arrangements even if he wanted to.
But it was said that Sha Dingzhou personally led an army to attack Duke Mu's mansion and came to demand his life.
In a panic, Mu Tianbo had no choice but to escape in embarrassment with his official seal and iron coupons under the escort of several personal guards, without even having time to notify his family members.
Mu Tianbo ran away very quickly and finally settled down in Chuxiong Mansion.
At this time, Sha Dingzhou had already controlled the entire city of Kunming, calling himself the headquarters, and seemed to regard himself as the supreme ruler of Yunnan.
When the news reached Nanjing, Zhu Cixiang was naturally shocked.
In his impression, the Shadingzhou Rebellion should have happened around December.
How could it happen so far in advance?
Moreover, Zhu Cixiang had warned Mu Tianbo more than once to be careful.
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But it seemed that Mu Tianbo didn't take it to heart at all.
Zhu Cixiang has done everything he can.
He can't directly tell Mu Tianbo that I am a time traveler.
Sha Dingzhou will rebel, so you can kill him immediately.
Well now, Sha Dingzhou has captured Kunming and Yunnan is in chaos.
The originally good situation suddenly became complicated and confusing.
Now there is Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan, and Sha Dingzhou is causing chaos in Yunnan.
The whole southwest is really not a worry.
Zhu Cixiang immediately summoned Lu Zhenfei, the Minister of War, to come and discuss countermeasures together.
"This is an urgent message from the Duke of Guizhou, Mu Tianbo.
The Lu Qing family should also take a look."
Zhu Cihong handed a memorial to the chamberlain and ordered him to deliver the urgent memorial to Lu Zhenfei.
Lu Zhenfei took the quick note and started reading it.
His heart skipped a beat every time he read a word.
After reading the entire memorial, Lu Zhenfei felt a little dizzy.
"Your Majesty, according to Duke Qian, Kunming has been taken over by the traitor Sha Dingzhou.
The situation is very bad."
Zhu Cixiang nodded.
Kunming is the capital of Yunnan Province and the military and political center in an absolute sense.
Sha Dingzhou controlled Kunming, and theoretically could command the chieftains across Yunnan.
Fortunately, Mu Tianbo took away the official seal and the iron certificate of the hereditary alchemy book when he escaped.
If these two things fell into Sha Dingzhou's hands, the consequences would be really disastrous.
"Now the Duke of Guizhou has taken refuge in the Chuxiong Mansion for the time being.
With Jin Cang troops on the road, Yang Weizhi will not have any problems for the time being.
I called Lu Qing's house just to ask the court how to act."
The Ming Dynasty has always ruled Yunnan with restraint and rarely directly intervened in its internal disputes.
But now it is impossible for the imperial court not to intervene.
If Sha Dingzhou is allowed to continue to cause trouble, I am afraid that people throughout Yunnan and even the southwest will change their minds.
Zhu Cixiang remembered that the Sha Dingzhou Rebellion in history was put down after the Great Western Army entered Yunnan in the second year of Yongli.
Before that, Sha Dingzhou had been dominating Yunnan.
Of course Zhu Cixi would not tolerate this situation, so the court had to send troops to attack.
It’s just a matter of who to send.
Lu Zhenfei thought for a moment and then cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, it is a good strategy to send Sichuan troops to Yunnan to quell the rebellion."
"Oh, Lu Qing's family might as well make it clearer.
Does the Sichuan Army refer to chieftain soldiers or officers and soldiers?"
Zhu Cixiang raised his eyebrows and asked.
You must know that Sichuan and Yunnan are bordered, so it is definitely most appropriate to mobilize troops from Sichuan to quell the Shadingzhou Rebellion.
But the situation in Sichuan is not very good now.
Zhang Xianzhong has been entrenched in Chengdu.
If the Sichuan army makes a big move, there is no guarantee that Zhang Xianzhong will not take the opportunity to launch an attack.
For Zhu Cixiang, the Sichuan army did not have to take the initiative to challenge Zhang Xianzhong in order to regain Chengdu, but the Chongqing government must defend it.
This was the bottom line.
If Chongqing falls, Zhang Xianzhong can completely control the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and can attack Huguang down the river at any time.
Chongqing is like a stone wall, stuck between Huguang and Central Sichuan, which makes Zhang Xianzhong feel like a lump in his throat and feels very uncomfortable.
And if this wall falls down, Zhu Cihong and the Ming court will be the ones to suffer
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