While Shen Yicheng was busy stabilizing the political situation and attacking Myanmar, Xiao Ruxun arrived at the port of Yangon on the 13th of June. On the 14th of June, he arrived at the capital, South Peace City. He returned home after half a year.
It was just that it was different from the previous joyous occasions. This time, Xiao Ruxun's return heralded the beginning of the war.
After Xiao Ruxun returned to South Peace City, he immediately ordered all the generals above the middle level to gather in South Peace City for an important military conference.
The generals of the Zhennan Army were very shocked by the news of Xiao Ruxun's sudden return. They all rushed to South Peace City as fast as they could. When they arrived and saw the livid Xiao Ruxun, they were even more shocked.
The reason was simple. It was because Xiao Ruxun announced the start of the war.
The target of the war wasn't the legendary country in the west nor the vassal states in the east. It was the Daming in the north.
More accurately, it was the Daming that was controlled by Shen Yicheng's government.
Xiao Ruxun's target was Shen Yicheng, not Daming.
"Shen Yicheng framed me and imprisoned the emperor. Now, he has full control of the government and declared Myanmar town to be a rebel town. He also ordered the governor of Yunnan, Chen Yongbin, to attack us. Everyone, we have no way out."
Xiao Ruxun recounted the sequence of events, and all the generals of the Southern Garrison Army were inexplicably shocked.
"Shen Yicheng that bastard dares to do such a disgraceful thing?"
Zhao Hu was the first to say angrily, "He killed so many of our brothers? Does he really think we are easy to bully?! "
Zhao Hu slammed his palm on the table and roared angrily.
Then, the generals of the Zhennan Army cursed in anger.
Xiao Ruxun saw that the generals were angry and didn't plan to surrender. He knew it was time for him to say his goal.
"Shen Yicheng is insane and treacherous! I want to go on a northern expedition and punish the rebels. I want to fight my way back to the capital, rescue His Majesty, behead the traitor Shen Yicheng, and Daming the world to its rightful place! Generals, are you willing to travel with me? "
With just one sentence from Xiao Ruxun, the generals of the Zhennan Army immediately knelt down and shouted in unison, "We are willing to follow the Grand Marshal to quell the rebellion!"
With Xiao Ruxun's prestige in the Zhennan Army, the Zhennan Army would follow Xiao Ruxun's lead and obey his orders.
Not to mention the fact that they were currently on the verge of death. If they did not follow Xiao Ruxun on the northern expedition, given how Shen Yi had treated the capital's Southern Garrison Army, one could easily imagine what would happen to them: certain death.
The main force of the Southern Town Army was made up of refugees from the north who came to Myanmar to seek survival. Yuan Cong's faction had followed Xiao Ruxun from the north to the south, and they were almost like family generals. Their loyalty to Xiao Ruxun was extremely high, and when Xiao Ruxun gave an order, it would immediately be carried out to every single soldier.
When the generals decided to fight, Xiao Ruxun asked Chen Longzheng to write a declaration to quell the rebellion.
In the report, the scandal of Shen Yichuan's plot to launch the coup was exaggerated, and the main accomplices such as Xiao Daheng, Yang Yikui, and the others were also exaggerated. It did its best to portray Shen Yichuan as a heinous traitor, and then stated that Xiao Ruxun was going to uphold the heavens to punish the rebels, and attack the traitors in the north.
Chen Long was wiping his cold sweat as he wrote. After he finished writing, Xiao Ruxun took a look at it. She then started writing and rewrote the declaration into plain, easy to understand vernacular.
Chen Longzheng's version of the declaration was to be used to inform the surrounding vassal states. Xiao Ruxun wanted these vassal states to start choosing sides, whether to stand on Shen Yicheng's side or his own.
Xiao Ruxun didn't expect them to stand on his side, but when he went on a northern expedition, he didn't want his backyard to be in trouble. So, at least, he wanted them to remain neutral. If they dared to do anything, he didn't mind destroying a few small countries on the way to the north to establish his power.
Of course, the most important thing to pay attention to was the King of Siam, Na Ruixuan. The two had fought side by side, and their relationship was not bad. However, if Na Ruixuan wanted to stand on Shen Yicheng's side, Xiao Ruxun would still feel a headache.
To tie Na Ruixuan to his chariot, he didn't necessarily need to mobilize the army, but he also couldn't think about being alone.
The vernacular declaration was used to incite the people under the jurisdiction of Burma Town. It also added content such as Shen Yicheng's threat that Burma Town was a rebellious town, and that he wanted to destroy Burma Town and slaughter the people of Burma Town. It was extremely alarmist.
Xiao Ruxun wanted to use this declaration to incite the fighting spirit of the people of Burma Town, urging them to actively join the army to protect Xiao Ruxun and protect their own beautiful lives.
This declaration was only the first edition. When they officially entered the Daming Mainland, there would be a second edition, and perhaps a third edition. Each edition would have new revelations. Xiao Ruxun wanted to completely shatter the facade of those aristocrats.
After the declaration was written, Xiao Ruxun immediately arranged for people to spread it out, sending literate people to the streets to shout. Whether they were literate or not, they had to know about this matter in the shortest time possible.
Then, Xiao Ruxun ordered the four battalions of the infantry and two battalions of the cavalry to prepare for the expansion of the army, preparing to expand the existing 50,000 troops to at least 100,000.
The navy expanded from the current 10,000 people to at least 20,000 people. Once the war began, Xiao Ruxun needed the navy to bring a part of the troops to cross the sea to attack Jiangnan, cut off the Jinghang Canal, completely choke off the food and funding sources of the Shen Yicheng government, and completely destroy his nest on the southeast coast.
At the same time, Xiao Ruxun ordered the secret military base in the northern mountains to start operating fully. They worked overtime to rush the production of ordnance and supplies, and ordered the stationed troops to start guarding against the enemy from Yunnan in the north.
The officials began to conduct a comprehensive inventory of the warehouses in Burma and the military supplies needed by the Zhennan Army for the northern expedition. Then, they began to pack the boxes and load the trucks, fully mobilizing for the war.
Xiao Ruxun issued a general mobilization order to Burma Town. All the energy that he had accumulated over the years was going to explode at this moment.
Once his subordinates began to mobilize, Xiao Ruxun naturally couldn't remain idle. He deeply felt that he was lacking in manpower, especially people capable of advising him. One Yuan Huang clearly wasn't enough. Thus, he thought of Ma Gui and Mei Guozhen, whom he had been protecting.
Xiao Ruxun was overjoyed at the thought of these two. He immediately went to see Ma Gui and Mei Guozhen, recounted everything that had happened to him, and then asked for their help.
"There's no need to hide here. Big Brother Ma, Duke Mei, His Majesty was betrayed by Shen Yicheng and is now imprisoned and forced to abdicate. I want to fight my way back to the capital, kill Shen Yicheng, and rescue His Majesty, but my strength alone is far too weak. I need your help!"
Xiao Ruxun's eyes were red as he gripped their hands and asked for their help.
Ma Gui agreed very quickly.
Ma Gui was just a general. He thought that he would spend the rest of his life here, but things suddenly took a turn for the better. After this incident, Xiao Ruxun's enemy became his enemy. Facing Xiao Ruxun, who had helped him to this extent, Ma Gui felt that there was no reason not to help him.
If he won, he might be able to recover his identity. If he lost, he would die, which was no different from his current situation.
The moment he agreed, he suddenly felt as if he had been reborn.
Mei Guozhen thought a little more. He had originally planned to spend the rest of his life in Burma, but he suddenly encountered such a thing.
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