What Li Guoying now formulated was the plan he reported to the court. He had a backup plan as early as April, which was to concentrate his troops to capture Wanxian, making the connection between Fengjie and Chengdu more difficult. This much more generous plan emerged after Li Guoying learned that Beijing would send him the Eight Banners of Han and built the cannon embryos of Chongqing's river-blocking cannons. More reinforcements and the upcoming new weapons made the Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi have strengthened the confidence of the Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi. He originally planned to copy a large number of imitations once the cannon test was successful, and then block the river surface, and use a small number of troops to prevent Chengdu from coming to aid quickly; then release the Qing army's Jialing River Navy to cooperate with the main force to capture Wanxian.

The way to make cannons now is to first use wax to make a cannon embryo, then use soil to make a mold on the periphery of the wax cannon, then heat and melt the wax bento, and then pour copper juice into it. Li Guoying's super cannon is no exception. Unfortunately, the first 8,000-pound heavy cannon, which is amplified in proportion, exploded in the first test shot. In addition to this, other cannons cast with mud have also become scraps without exception.

After discussion, the masters unanimously agreed that the wall of the cannon could not be enlarged in proportion, but instead, it was necessary to cast the wall of the cannon thicker. In order to ensure that the caliber is large enough, Li Guoying had to continue to increase the weight of the cannon. To be on the safe side, the masters also thickened the outer wall as much as possible when making the wax embryo. The new mud embryo has only been in the dark for more than a month, and it is estimated that it will not be cast until the end of July. Even if the sample gun passes this time, Li Guoying would not have time to cast a larger-caliber cannon. Since he could not block the river surface, Li Guoying's ambitious plan to attack Wanxian was naturally aborted.

What Li Guoying can do now is to sit at the top of Chongqing city every day and count the number of Ming army ships passing by. He hopes that by the end of this year, he can cause some trouble for the shipping of the Ming army in western Sichuan.

"Forty thousand armored, ten thousand unarmed and civilians, a total of more than one hundred thousand army went to Yuan Zongdi, Wanxian to cut some food!" Sun Sike felt that Li Guoying's strategy was too conservative.

"It's good to have food to cut, it's better than a hundred thousand troops sitting on the city and counting." Li Guoying felt that the court had a totally unnecessary move, but since all the money and food had been spent, it's better to conduct practical exercises than to do nothing.

...

At this time in Kunming, Deng Ming did not wait for the emperor's appointment, but learned that a coup had occurred in Myanmar. My brother Mangbai, the king of Myanmar, murdered his brother Mangda and usurped the throne of Myanmar.

"What impact may this matter have on the emperor?" After hearing this, Deng Ming immediately went to Li Dingguo and asked directly when he saw the Queen of Jin: "What risks will the emperor encounter?"

In the turmoil of Nanming, the possibility of harm caused by any accident far exceeds the possibility of benefit. Therefore, Deng Ming is unwilling to have an accident in Yongli. Even a fugitive emperor, if he dies, may bring a new blow to the hearts of the people in the world.

"The emperor will not have any trouble." Li Dingguo was also shocked after receiving the report. However, this was Myanmar's internal affairs. It would not harm Yongli, the cabinet and the Imperial Guard. As long as the emperor tried to interfere with it without thinking. According to Li Dingguo's understanding, Zi would not do such a thing today.

"Mangbai killed his brother and usurped the throne, and he would definitely ask the emperor to recognize him, but how could the emperor recognize such evil deeds that disobeyed the rules?" Li Dingguo felt that Myanmar was nominally still a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. In theory, the sect leader should fight against rebellion and protect Mangda's descendants to ascend to the throne. However, Li Dingguo estimated that Yongli had no courage or strength to interfere. If the new king of Myanmar asked the exiled Ming court to justify the usurper, no matter how Yongli dealt with it, it would be troublesome: "It would be great if Yuan Fu could convince the emperor to come back."

"What if the emperor does not recognize Mangda's throne?" Deng Ming was not very clear about how Yongli was killed in his previous life, nor did he know about the coup in Myanmar. He only remembered that it was Myanmar who handed the Yongli and his son to Wu Sangui; now Yunnan is still in the hands of the Ming army, and Wu Sangui is also far away in Guiyang. Deng Ming always believed that Yongli would not have any major danger, but unexpectedly, such a storm occurred again.

"Perhaps," Li Dingguo whispered: "Maybe Yuan Fu has persuaded the emperor to admit Mangbai as the king of Burma. This is also beneficial to the emperor, but... just..." Li Dingguo did not finish his words. He hoped that Yongli would show the principles of the emperor, but thinking about his own thief, he seemed to be unable to say "everyone of the traitors can be punished" with confidence: "No matter what, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers from Yunnan and Sichuan, Mangbai dared not be rude to the emperor."

"I hope so." Deng Ming sighed softly.

...

Myanmar, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty camped.

Mangbai's envoy left angrily. After successfully usurping the throne, Mangbai accepted congratulations from Burmese civil and military officials in the capital, but the Emperor Ming Dynasty did not come to congratulate him, and even sent envoys to him. In anger, Mangbai sent someone to blame Yongli, claiming that he had not fulfilled the etiquette of the guests. Yongli explained to the envoy that he had been in Myanmar for more than two years and had spent almost all the money in his hand, so he could not prepare a decent congratulation gift.

The cabinet and the Imperial Guard Generals, who had always been immersed in gambling, gave up the gambling game today and came to meet him together. When the envoys of Myanmar left furiously, the chief assistant Ma Jixiang and his son-in-law Yang Zai were frightened. The two knelt in front of Yongli and begged the emperor to congratulate Mangbai on his victory.

"I am so sad that I have been exiled to the vassal states, but I am still the lord of China after all. How can I congratulate a vassal king?" Yongli's face seemed very calm, but his tone was terrible: "You are willing to go, but you cannot go in the name of my envoy."

"Master, think twice." The pavilions shouted in unison.

"I have decided, you should play cards." After Yongli finished speaking, he walked back and left his ministers.

When he returned to the back, the prince of Yongli walked to the emperor and whispered: "Father, the white man face and beastly hearts are not taken advantage of his wishes, there may be an unexpected accident."

"How could I not know?" In front of my son, Yongli stopped hiding and smiled bitterly.

"And Mangda was also very rude to his father before." The prince said another sentence. After Yongli fled to Myanmar, Mangda saw that the Ming emperor was timid, and the elders were drunk and dreaming of death. He looked down on them very much, and found various excuses to refuse to pay homage to the emperor of the sect leader.

"Mangda is indeed not very good to me, but he did not regret his younger brother. He is Mangbai's brother after all, and he is the king of Burma." Yongli shook his head: "No matter whether the king or the minister, just murdering his brother is like a beast. How can I congratulate? How can I send someone to congratulate?"

Seeing that his son's face turned pale, he was obviously very frightened. Yongli slowed down: "I cannot revitalize my ancestral property, I cannot rest assured all the ministers inside, I cannot defend the strong enemy outside, and I will leave my soldiers and flee to the vassals. I may lose my face in the future. It will be considered as losing all the faces of Taizu and Chengzu. But I am still the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and the Emperor of China. If I go to congratulate a beast who killed my brother and shamelessly applaud his evil deeds, then I will not only lose the face of the Tian family. All nations in the world will ridicule the shamelessness of the Chinese king - I am a coward, but not a shameless person!"

"Father." The prince was shocked and knelt in front of Yongli.

Back then, someone persuaded Yongli to send the prince to Sichuan, but the queen couldn't bear to part with her son, so Yongli softened his heart and brought him to Myanmar. Seeing the prince's weak appearance, Yongli felt sad: his son was just like him, although he was smart but lacked martial arts. No matter how he looked, he was not like the revival lord like Han Guangwu.

"I have already lost all the faces of my ancestors, and I cannot lose all the faces of you and your descendants." Yongli waved his hand: "Go down, there is no need to talk about this."

The prince stood up timidly and asked hesitantly: "Why should the father stay after the King of Jin requested a title for Deng Ming?"

After receiving the memorial from Li Dingguo, the cabinet all applauded, believing that giving Deng Ming the identity of a prince and posthumously conferring his ancestors for three generations could eliminate it, at least temporarily eliminating Deng Ming's threat to the throne, so it strongly suggested that Yongli issue an order immediately. But to everyone's surprise, Yongli kept the memorial and did not issue it, and had no intention of giving Deng Ming a prince.

"I can't be anxious whether to give Deng Ming a title or not." Yongli revealed his plan to the prince: "But without a job or a title, it's still a bit too unreasonable. Well, I'll give you an order to give Deng Ming a left governor of the Left Army Governor's Office. Well, I'll give him another Duke, but I won't posthumously titled for three generations!"

"Father, why is this?" The prince was completely confused. He heard from the elders that the best solution was to set the identity of a king of a foreign surname for Deng Ming.

"If the civil and military officials in Yunnan now follow my orders, of course, this would be the best way to do it. But now I am still in Myanmar, saying that Deng Ming is not a royal family may not be a good thing." Although it is not good to stay abroad and not return, Yongli could not have the courage to return to Kunming. Wu Sangui of Guizhou has an overwhelming military advantage. What if the Qing army attacks again and Myanmar does not allow Yongli to enter the country for the second time?

"What does this matter?" The prince still didn't understand the emperor's meaning.

"Why did Emperor Xian of Han issue edicts to his ministers to attack Cao Cao again and again, but he was always safe? Why did Emperor Xian of Han almost take back the power after Cao Cao's death?" Yongli asked coldly: "Why did the other generations of deposed emperors end up being terrible? Only Emperor Xian of Han can be free and happy, and Cao Pi can tolerate him using the emperor's flag and not worship him when he sees the edict?"

"Why?" the prince was speechless when asked, and asked his father dizzyly.

"Because Emperor Xian of Han had an Uncle Liu outside! If Li Dingguo wanted to be Cao Cao one day, he would definitely not want me to have an emperor nephew who led troops outside, so he would be careful to end up like Wang Mang." Yongli said loudly, and seeing that his son still didn't react, Yongli shouted again: "Think about it carefully, why did Emperor Xian of Han recognize an Uncle? If you can't figure it out, continue thinking until you figure it out."
Chapter completed!