When Bai Guangen heard this, he looked ashamed, but he might be a little unwilling to accept it. He scratched the back of his head, showed a little smiley face, and said to Zhang Mingwei: "If we don't continue to fight south, we only control the Jianchangwei place, we don't need to work as a grand Duke!"

After following Duke Xing for a long time, he knew that Duke Guo was a relatively easy-going person. As long as the Duke was a chattering person, he would generally not have any special requirements for his subordinates.

Therefore, he explained.

After saying that, he peeked at the face of the Duke, and Bai Guangen added: "The Jianchang Guard has been captured by the last general. Although the people here are unruly, the army is stationed here for a long time, and I am afraid that they will not submit! As for those rebels, they dare to go down the mountain to try!"

Jianchangwei, also known as Xichang in later generations, is the second largest plain in Sichuan and belongs to the hinterland of the Anning River Plain on the western Sichuan Plateau. It can be said that the southwest part of Shu is the fertile land here and it comes from a granary.

Originally, this place was Jianchang Guard, but when Zuo Liangyu entered Sichuan, he occupied the place and formed an alliance with the surrounding chieftains. However, when he fought in Chengdu, his strength was greatly reduced. After fleeing here, he could not stop the imperial army of Bai Guangen's troops and had just given up Jianchang City not long after.

However, as long as you leave the plain, your advantage will not be with the imperial army. Bai Guangen wanted to continue south several times, but was beaten back.

Moreover, most of the people left behind in Jianchang City are ethnic minorities, who are not subject to discipline and have strong customs. Those who are obedient were taken away by Zuo Liangyu and others.

The strategies adopted in the previous tous territory did not work here. It would be useless for you to tell these people? Because they don’t understand. Of course? There may be some who can understand, but they all pretend not to understand.

At this time? After hearing Bai Guangen's words, Zhang Mingwei shook his head and said, "This attack must at least go to Malasi's side? Because there is a very large iron ore there. This also requires that the nearby place must be long-term and stable. This is uncontroversial!"

When Bai Guangen heard this, he was stunned. There was a very large iron ore in such a remote place?

If there is really a very large iron ore? Then there is nothing to say. The court probably won the number of troops no matter how much troops it loses.

Thinking of this, a thought immediately flashed through Bai Guangen's mind. However, when he thought about Duke Xingguo's character, he felt that this idea would not be liked by Duke, so he was a little hesitant.

Zhang Mingwei knew what was going on when he looked at his face. He smiled and said, "Now he is just discussing things. What do you think? Even if you say it out."

Hearing this, Bai Guangen hesitated for a while, but finally he mustered up the courage to say, "Duke, since it is a very large iron ore? Why not arrest all the people who are not convinced by the king? The last general will also fight to suppress them with all their might? If they are not convinced, they will not only reduce the stubborn enemy, but also capture all the people who are not destroyed. If they die, it will be considered a one-shot thing."

His idea is probably a more common idea in this era.

The conflicts and rebellions in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty have always been one after another because the court did not really treat the people here as the people of the Ming Dynasty.

According to Bai Guangen's proposal, if it really happens, there is absolutely no problem when the court is in great power, such as when it is at its peak. However, once the strength of the court is weakened, such as drawing troops into Yunnan and Guizhou to suppress the bandits, or pulling troops to Liaodong, etc., then it is likely that the place will be in chaos again.

Unless it is really a killing place, it is impossible to maintain long-term stability in a strong way, which means that there is oppression wherever there is oppression.

Therefore, Zhang Mingwei rejected Bai Guangen's proposal without hesitation and said to him earnestly: "This place has always been the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the people here are naturally the people of the emperor. They were previously under the jurisdiction of the chieftains, but now they are directly under the jurisdiction of the court. They are like the people in the Central Plains and cannot be treated differently."

Whatever the Duke said, then of course it would be!

After hearing this, Bai Guangen did not dare to refute, so he could only nod and said yes. However, he was thinking in his heart that anyone could say this, but it would be too difficult to do it! He had to see what the Duke did to conquer these rebellious people under the trouble of Zuo Liangyu and other rebels.

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When they met and talked about this, Zuo Liangyu hid here on the Changzhou Department, southwest of Jianchangwei, and was discussing matters with the heads of the surrounding areas.

Zuo Liangyu shouted to these chieftains: "Don't worry, although we gave up Jianchang City, we all watched it in that city. The court still wanted to let the people listen to them, that was a dream!"

Military advisor Hou Xun also added: "As long as the spirit of the imperial army is consumed, after a long time, we will launch another surprise attack. With the inside and outside cooperation, it will be easy to retake Jianchang City!"

As a landlord, the chieftain of Changzhou, heard this and said a little worriedly: "Master Zuo, you can't lie to us this time!"

When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he said innocently: "My Zuo is open and honest in his work. When did he deceive you?"

Hearing this, the chieftain of Weilong Si reminded dissatisfiedly: "Didn't you say that there was already chaos outside? Even the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is unknown! Why can the imperial army suddenly appear? If it weren't for this, why would we be defeated!"

When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he was speechless and looked a little embarrassed. He immediately turned to look at Hou Xun and signaled with his eyes: This is what you blown out, hurry up and round it.

Hou Xun was calm and replied on behalf of Zuo Liangyu: "The news we received was indeed like this! Although Duke Xingguo led his troops to Shu, it does not mean that there will be no chaos outside? I believe you have heard of Jianlu's power. The imperial army did not win against Jianlu. Right?"

Hearing this, the toasts couldn't refute it, as if they were saying it made sense.

Before they could think of anything to ask again, Hou Xun said non-blushingly, "Maybe the Emperor of Ming Dynasty fled to the west, so the Duke Xingguo took the risk of crossing the Shu Road before the spring. Otherwise, why would the Duke Xingguo be so desperate? Right?"

He still wanted to explain that there was a lot of chaos outside, and as long as they continued to persevere and the court would be unable to take care of themselves, they would definitely be able to laugh to the end.

But who knew that when the chieftain of Pujis heard this, he immediately became worried and said, "If the Emperor of Ming really wanted to come to Shu and stayed there, when can we persevere? It is impossible to defeat the Emperor of Ming, right?"

As soon as he heard this, several other toasts became worried.

"Yes, then Duke Xingguo is already so powerful. If the Emperor of Ming Dynasty really comes to Shu, there will definitely be more imperial guards. How can I fight?"

"I definitely can't win! I just don't know if we surrender, will the Emperor of Ming let us go?"

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When Hou Xun heard these words, he was a little stunned. The brain circuits of these toasts were really different from his.

Thanks to his cleverness, he immediately coughed and said, "Everyone is a little restless. What I said just now is just a possibility. Most likely, it is impossible. Think about it..."

Hearing him say this, the toasts immediately listened with their ears pricked up.

"... Even if the emperor of Ming Dynasty fled west, it would definitely be temporary. The ultimate goal is to escape to Yingtian Mansion. Are you right?"

When Hou Xun said this, he glanced at the chieftains and continued: "It's hard to say that Cheng is here. We are in a steep mountain and turbulent place. How much energy can the court spend here? It's just that we attacked Chengdu before, which caused the court's official army to pursue. As long as we persist for a while, even if we can't destroy this imperial army, they will definitely retreat to Chengdu in the end."

"What if they don't leave?" The chieftain of Changzhou immediately frowned and asked after hearing this.

When Hou Xun heard this, he immediately sneered and said, "If they don't leave? Haha, have we already made some arrangements? When the imperial government army loses its ambition and cooperates with the inside and outside, he will keep this imperial government army in Jianchang, and don't leave any of them!"

Zuo Liangyu, who was next to him, listened to Hou Xun's words, was also observing the chieftains. He had to sigh in his heart that when it comes to tricking, he could not compare with one of Hou Xun. This may be the reason why he read too much!

Sure enough, after Hou Xun said a lot, these chieftains stopped thinking about anything else, nodded and affirmed Hou Xun's statement.

The layout of Jianchang City was arranged by them in collaboration. They would withdraw only if they thought they could. Otherwise, they would not have easily given up such a fertile place.

While talking, suddenly a dusty horse was surging in from outside and reported to the crowd: "The imperial government army has come about 20,000 more, and the leader seems to be the Duke Xingguo!"

When he heard this, the group of heads who were planning to plot against Jianchang City were shocked and looked at each other one by one, a little stunned. Or rather, they were shocked.

Even Zuo Liangyu was almost the same. He was really scared of this Duke Xingguo.

A battle in the capital area made him lose all his main force, and he also forced him to lead his remaining troops to escape from Shu. Unexpectedly, when he was about to conquer Chengdu in Shu and do a great job, the Duke of Xingguo fell from the sky again, and beat him again to the point of being able to escape in a panic.

He has already escaped into the mountains and valleys. He is still not letting him go, but he still wants to chase him?

Damn, were they enemies in their previous life?
Chapter completed!