There is a reason why Meng Ying is so rude to Mu Ang.

On the one hand, Meng Ying felt that the Mu family was to blame for the situation in Yunnan becoming what it is now. Moreover, the relationship between Mu Ying's two sons was like that of brothers.

Mu Ang is tougher than Mu Sheng.

But toughness cannot win the battle.

Meng Ying is also a son of a general, and his title is inherited from his father. Speaking of which, he can be regarded as a second generation. He dare not say that one is better than the other, but at least even when he reaches the lower level, he will not be ashamed to meet his father.

But Mu Ying's two sons have ruined the iron-barrel-like Yunnan that Mu Ying originally built, and they are still here to point fingers.

This made Meng Ying unable to look at Mu Ang.

Of course, Meng Ying is in her fifties, so to look down on her is to look down on her. She will not express her joy and anger easily, or even intensify conflicts.

The reason for this was that Meng Ying heard the news from the rear.

King Xiang joined the army and is now in Guizhou. After that, he will be sealed off to Luchuan.

After hearing the news.

Meng Ying couldn't sleep in her heart for several days.

The reason is simple, lessons learned from past mistakes.

The Meng family had little involvement with the King of Han, but one of the Meng family members was killed. The family plummeted. If he hadn't been appreciated by the emperor this time, I really don't know when he would be able to turn around.

Meng Ying was bitten by a snake in one move and was afraid of well ropes for ten years.

Now that he is leading the army alone, he will definitely deal with King Xiang. If Beijing becomes suspicious in the future, how should it deal with it?

Meng Ying thought about it and decided that the best way was to offend others.

Of course, there is also a skill in offending people. If you offend someone who is not important enough, that is called cruelty. If you offend someone who is too important, then you are seeking death.

And the Mu family happened to be within the range of people Meng Ying could offend.

It can be said that the Mu family has deep roots in the Ming Dynasty, but it lacks a backbone. It is almost classified as a relative rather than a noble.

Offending the Mu family is still within the acceptable range of Meng Ying.

The Mu family is a local leader in Yunnan. If Meng Ying is a mortal enemy of the Mu family, even if King Xiang wants to rebel in the future, he may not think of Meng Ying.

After all, the Mu family's influence on Yunnan is deeper than that of Meng Ying from outside.

As for why not to offend King Xiang.

Tianhuang noble, these four words are not given for nothing, especially a prince who can gain the emperor's trust and take on the responsibility of opening up and expanding the territory, is actually so easy to offend.

Prince Xiang has direct access to the Empress Dowager.

Even though the Empress Dowager doesn't care about things, if she really has something to say, how dare the civil and military officials in the court not listen?

Therefore, we can only keep a respectful distance from King Xiang, but we must not offend him.

Meng Ying worked hard all night, and early the next morning she beat drums to gather the generals.

Amidst the rumbling drums of the gathering.

Generals at all levels gathered in the hall, separated on the left and right.

Mu Ang sat aside with the local Yunnan generals, but there was a general on Meng Ying's side. It looked like he was dressed as a Mongolian, it was Mao Zhong.

Although Meng Ying only brought more than 10,000 troops to the capital, he still deployed many generals to the emperor. And Mao Zhong was the most capable general under his command whom Meng Ying valued.

Moreover, Mao Zhong is very senior.

Although he is only in his thirties now, he participated in Emperor Taizong's Fifth Northern Expedition at the age of twenty. During the Xuande period, he also guarded the border and made many military exploits.

He also conquered Adai Khan under Jiang Gui.

Of course, Meng Ying really valued Mao Zhong, but it was because of Mao Zhong's age.

Without him, the emperor asked him to train young generals in front of him. Meng Ying naturally had to do it, so when he inspected the following generals, he also took their age into consideration.

And Mao Zhong was not very old. He was in his forties. If he lived for a long time, he could fight for at least twenty or thirty years. Moreover, Mao Zhong had rich combat experience. He had been on the battlefield for more than ten years and was extremely brave.

That's why Mao Zhong was promoted.

Of course, this was also the time when the Meng family had been idle for more than ten years, and the old relationships at the time had faded. Even if the relationship was still there, with Meng Ying's current cautious attitude, she would not easily find him.

Meng Ying saw that everyone had arrived. She glanced at him and said, "Everyone, I, the general, have been ordered by Your Majesty to combat rebellion. Based on the current situation in Yunnan, I am preparing to divide our troops into two groups."

"All the way from Dali to the west, attack Tengchong from Yongchang, and go straight to Luchuan."

"On the other way, the army came out of Jingdong, joined the chieftains from all walks of life, divided the power of Luchuan, attacked northwest, and met with the army at Luchuan."

After hearing this, Mu Ang couldn't find anything wrong with it.

Because of the terrain restrictions in Yunnan.

These are the only routes back and forth.

Even Meng Ying can't play any other tricks.

But the following words made Mu Ang almost jump.

Meng Ying said: "On the first road, let Tao Zan be the vanguard and Fang Ying be the deputy general. Along the way from Yongchang to Luchuan, there are high mountains and long rivers, so what the vanguard has to do is not to fight the enemy, but to build a camp step by step and build

Road, waiting for the follow-up army to arrive."

"If Luchuan comes to attack, there is no need to fight, just defend. I will send Fang Jin to the rear to provide support at any time."

Fang Ying and Fang Jin are brothers, so there is no need to worry about Fang Jin not supporting them.

Mu Ang said: "General, this is not appropriate. There are countless dangers and obstacles along the way to Luchuan. Let's not talk about anything else. Let's just talk about the natural dangers of Lujiang River. How to build a bridge. If we really want to build it all the way to Luchuan, it will take several years.

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"Is the general prepared to tolerate Luchuan for several years? But I don't know how the general will explain it to His Majesty."

Meng Ying smiled faintly and said: "General Mu, do you know that the imperial court granted King Xiang to Luchuan, and Luchuan will be King Xiang's fief from now on. If the road is blocked, if something happens in the future, the army will not be able to support you. You can bear the consequences.

"?" Mu Ang also felt a headache after hearing this.

Mu Ang was one hundred and eighty dissatisfied with what happened between King Xiang and Luchuan.

After all, Yunnan used to be the territory of their Mu family, but now that there is a King Xiang, the Mu family's control over Yunnan has been greatly reduced. However, no matter how dissatisfied he is, he cannot change the court's approach.

Mu Ang said: "We can put the matter of road construction later, but now it's important."

Meng Ying stared at Mu Ang and said, "General Mu doesn't have to worry about what I do. You only need to mind your own affairs. Mu Ang follows orders."

Mu Ang was silent for a while.

For a moment, the air in the hall was extremely quiet.

The generals on the Yunnan side and the generals brought by Meng Ying all held their breath.

The sound of Mu Ang gritting his teeth was particularly obvious, but he also knew that in this situation, he and the coach were at odds. Meng Ying could kill him directly.

"The general will obey the order." Mu Ang said.

Meng Ying said: "Mu Ang leads the Yunnan headquarters and is based in Jingdong, responsible for the expedition on the southern route."

Mu Ang said: "The last general takes orders."

"General Mu." Meng Ying's tone was very calm, but with a sense of contempt that penetrated into the bones of his bones.

When the power came, King Qianning also had 30,000 men and defeated Luchuan."

"If you have the ability, you can lead the Southern Route Army and attack Luchuan. When the time comes, I will pour you tea and admit your mistake."

"Let everyone in the world know that the Mu family is not just about those who refuse to save themselves."

Mu Ang's eyes were bloodshot and he said, "Meng Ying, remember what you said today." He actually ignored it and left.

As soon as Mu Ang left, the Yunnan generals below looked at each other in confusion. Liu Ying was the first to leave. Then one of these Yunnan generals actually saluted Meng Ying and then retreated.

This shows that the Mu family has deep roots in Yunnan.

Upon seeing this, Meng Ying also asked the people below to disperse, leaving only Tao Zan and the Fang brothers behind.

Although Tao Zan was from Yunnan, he was a civil servant and a prefect. Although he was also in the Yunnan hierarchy, he had little influence from the Mu family. As for the Fang brothers, they were completely devoted to Meng Ying.

After all, in the eyes of many people, the reason why Meng Ying treated the Mu family like this was simply to vent her anger on Fang Zheng.

This is especially true for the Fang brothers. The Fang brothers have also been ostracized by the Mu family during this period. Now they have naturally become Meng Ying's diehard loyalists.

Meng Ying met a few people, and first said to the Fang brothers: "Brother Fang, it's not a holiday, we were friends of life and death on the battlefield, so don't call me general, just call me uncle."

Fang Ying and Fang Jin knelt on the ground in unison and said, "Nephew, I pay my respects to Uncle Shi." Before they finished speaking, there was a cry in their tone.
Chapter completed!