The morale of the entire Ming army also began to decline. In addition to lack of food and medicine and the increase in the number of infected people, it was also related to the inability to find enemies and the lack of money to rob.

For many southwestern chieftain soldiers, there is naturally not that great motivation for whether to capture Awa and destroy Myanmar.

Qin Liangyu is now in a dilemma.

She has now gone alone to a place less than sixty miles from Ava. It would be a pity to withdraw and prepare for war again.

But now the entire army is at the end of its strength. If you attack Awa again, you will encounter very fierce resistance and then fail.

"Duke Chengguo, let's withdraw. The Burmese people are very cunning and hide in the mountains. Even if we try our best to take down Awa, it's useless. Moreover, we have to be attacked by them often! This is just like the imperial army that used to suppress some rebellious chieftains. It would be very difficult to destroy them all!"

"That's right! Everyone is a chieftain, why bother to work so hard for the court? It's enough to teach a lesson. If Myanmar is destroyed, the court should deal with us. We are not stupid!"

"Duke Chengguo, you are also a chieftain. You should understand that the court has already had the intention of changing the land and returning to the country!"

At this time, many local officials of the chieftain also seized the opportunity to persuade Qin Liangyu.

"Since you don't want to work hard for the court, why don't you say earlier that you have fought here now and then withdraw it. Are you worthy of the fallen men?"

Qin Liangyu asked because of this.

"I just want to make a fortune, but who knows that the Burmese people are so cunning and don't let us rob. We thought we could make a fortune by fighting Myanmar."

A toast replied.

"That's it! I'm afraid they have transferred Awa's property and we won't get any benefits even if we take it. The key is that whoever makes meritorious service now will directly reward him, instead of his parents and uncles. If this continues, when my sons become generals, can I still care about them?"

"Duke Chengguo, so are you. Your brother was directly enfeoffed as a duke because of rescue. This seems to be a great emperor, but who doesn't know. In this way, will your brother still listen to your dispatch? He will start a new job and listen to the dispatch of the court!"

"Our Majesty is very smart. Only Lan Peng, a Miao Nu, was directly promoted to the rank of the general and was highly valued in the capital! I, a local official, are still only a third-rank official! I will definitely not take me as the chieftain in the future."

"I can't fight anymore. If we continue to fight, our capital will be gone! Moreover, if Myanmar is really destroyed, what will the court keep us for?"

The other toasts followed suit.

"Grandpa, we've all fought here, how can we give up? You don't know how much hatred he brings to us!"

"That's right, if Lan Peng can be the general, I can be the general. Why don't you continue to fight?"

"The Burmese soldiers killed my mother before, and I want to kill all the Burmese people!"

But many of the young and strong men in these local soldiers continued to support the march, either because of hatred or like Lan Peng and others, they also wanted to break free from the control of the toast through this opportunity.

"Girl! My people are back. They are in a place called Menglong and find that the Burmese army has food there! and a lot of gold, silver and jewelry."

Qin Bangping walked in at this time and said to Qin Liangyu.

"Menglong?"

Qin Liangyu therefore walked to the map, took a look, and understood the key in his heart.

But she didn't say it, but looked at the toasts in front of her who just wanted to maximize her own interests.

"Grain, gold, silver and jewelry?! What Duke Yiguo said seriously?"

A chieftain asked about Qin Bangping.

Qin Bangping said: "No false words!"

"This Menglong is not far from our current place, and is closer to Awa. Since we have advanced here, why not move forward and take down this Menglong? This way, it is not a waste of time for everyone to come?"

The toast with shallow eyes started to speak up.

"That's right, I haven't made enough money in the first few places, and my nephews below still want to make achievements and were awarded official titles! Why not continue to march after being divided into marquis in Myanmar?"

For a moment, as if looking at plums to quench their thirst, these toasts became active.

Seeing this, Qin Liangyu said, "Since that's the case, then continue to advance. It is better to take down Menglong immediately, not later!"

"yes!"

All these toasts left here because of this.

Qin Liangyu suddenly said to Qin Bangping: "Brother, take away all the food you can take away and return to Mubang immediately."

Qin Bangping was quite surprised: "What did you do when you go back to Mubang?! They didn't guess, didn't you guess, girl! What I just said was fake news, looking for plums to quench thirst, do you know? I know that these guys are all short-sighted people, attacking them all the way, burning, killing, and robbing them, doing all kinds of evil, which aroused the Burmese people's strong resistance. Now that they don't panic, they will not continue to march."

Qin Liangyu said: "Of course I guessed it!"

"Since you have guessed why I still have to take away my food? If we don't take Awa this time, what if His Majesty finds an excuse to remove our Qin family from office and investigate it? We are different from them. Our Qin family is now a family of two dukes. Even if we can't take Awa, we will have to be killed on the way to march into Awa. In this way, His Majesty will not regain the grace of our Qin family!"

Qin Bangping said.

Qin Liangyu only smiled faintly when she saw this. She knew that the title of "Duke" by His Majesty the Emperor had completely rejected her brother's heart, so she said:

"It was because I guessed that I asked you to go back to Mubang, because I thought, if I was King Hiron, if I saw that the Ming army was still rushing towards Awa without any food supply, I would simply send out surprise troops to attack his food supply, that is, Mubang. In this way, the Ming army's lonely army would be defeated without fighting! And Mubang is now the place where the elder brother guards the imperial court for the whole time. How can you sit idly by and watch Mubang lose?!"

After hearing this, Qin Bangping suddenly realized: "Okay! I will go back to Mubang immediately! After all, he is a girl, who can fight more than me, a brother."

So, Qin Bangping then took most of the food back to Mubang on the grounds that Menglong had enough food.

...

"Do you mean that the army is still advancing towards Awa?"

King Long asked the general under his command Mang Dahe.

Mang Dahe replied: "Yes! They are almost approaching Menglong!"

After hearing this, King Long sneered: "It seems that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is determined to destroy my Myanmar! He will suffer a big spy in my Myanmar! Did the army we sent set out from Mubang?"

“It’s already set out.”

The river returns to the road.

After hearing this, King Talong sneered: "Mubang, it will be her place where Qin Liang's body is wrapped in jade horses!"

...

"Didn't the Yunnan Governor Zou Weilian give back? Did he have brought troops and grain to Mubang? Tell him that after arriving in Mubang, he would unconditionally obey Duke Yi's arrangements! He should not be a civil servant!"

Zhu Youxiao asked Zhu Xieyuan with some concern because he had not received a telegram about the war in Myanmar for a long time.

"I have already returned, Duke Yi has also rushed back to Mubang."

Zhu Xieyuan replied.

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao stretched his eyebrows and said, "It seems that the matter of destroying Myanmar can be settled! After all, he is my dear minister and has good arrangements. He will think that the Burmese army may attack my food route."

"Now it depends on whether Qin Bangping is willing to guard the chieftain land granted to him by His Majesty."

Zhu Xieyuan replied.

"He dares not defend to the death! If he does not defend to the death, I will take the opportunity to withdraw all the wealth of the Qin family. I will not know how to do things that the cunning rabbit dies and the lackeys are cooked! Besides, if he really defends Mubang, even if he dies in battle, his son can still take over his rank! The Qin family will not lose money!"

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.
Chapter completed!