As the Xiaguan city gate with the horizontal plaque "Longguan Key" hanging high was opened, the psychological defense line of the Dali defenders also collapsed.
Facing the overwhelming Ming army, they dropped their weapons, turned around and ran away. Those who could not escape knelt down and surrendered.
In the blink of an eye, Xiaguan City, which had protected Dali for hundreds of years since the Nanzhao period, changed its owner.
The mission of Qianhu, where Yu Min was located, had been completed, and the soldiers had time to bandage their wounds and drink some water to relieve their breathing.
He also lay exhausted on the top of the city, looking at the Ming army who were pursuing bravely, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, survived again...
But he didn't dare to look back, because there were many familiar faces under the city wall behind him. They either died on the spot or were seriously injured and called for military doctors to come for treatment. The scene was too tragic to watch.
In fact, from climbing up the ladder to completely seizing the city, it took only one meal, but it exhausted all his physical strength and courage. He said that siege battles are really not fought by humans. If it weren't for the five thousand selected forwards who suddenly came from
If he came out from behind, he might be like those of his comrades, either dead or seriously injured.
Finally, he slowly sat down against the arrow stack, looked at the white clouds in the sky, and began to miss home and his mother...
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The news that Xiaguan city was defeated soon reached Shangguan, which was engaged in a fierce battle. The Shangguan defenders immediately lost all fighting spirit and their defensive strength was greatly reduced.
Jin Chaoxing was keenly aware of the enemy's panic and immediately ordered an all-out attack. The soldiers stormed the city in one breath, captured Shangguan, and formed a pincer attack on Dali City with the main force of Xiaguan.
In fact, there are many defenders in Dali City. Dali City itself is a stronger and more complete city than Achi City. It even has an acropolis and stores enough food for all the soldiers and civilians for a year.
But no one in the Dali regime was mentally prepared for the fall of Shangxiaguan. After all, it was a pass that had never been conquered. How could it fall within half a day of the war? Could it be that the dragon that protected Dali no longer appeared?
The military and civilians in Dali were collectively confused. How could they organize a good city defense in this state?
It wasn't until he saw the Ming army rushing into Dali Gate following the defeated troops that the gatekeeper officer woke up from a dream and shouted: "Close the city gate quickly!"
However, it was already too late. The defeated soldiers who were driven away by the Ming army did not listen to the orders at all and rushed into the city gate. The soldiers behind the door were unable to close the door. Instead, they were pushed against the wall by the door and were almost crushed into flesh.
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The Ming army at the forefront was Wang Bi's 5,000 selected vanguard. Wang Bi was such a thief. As soon as he saw the Dali army beginning to flee, he immediately ordered them to follow. Sure enough, he rushed into the Dali Gate!
After seizing the Dali Gate, Wang Bi continued to lead his troops to break in, seizing two city gates and directly entering the Dali Palace...
The monarchs and ministers of Dali are having urgent discussions in the Silver Palace, and they are quarreling over whether to fight or to settle.
Wang Shu Duan Ming was naturally the main combatant, saying that if he relied on Dali City to hold on, the Ming army would have to retreat if it didn't retreat in the summer.
But Duan Shi didn't want to continue fighting. In his opinion, the fall of Shangguan Pass meant that Shenlong no longer protected Dali, which meant that their actions were against the will of God and they should obey the destiny and surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
Duan Mingku advised: "Your Highness, the Ming Dynasty is here to destroy the 400-year-old foundation of our Duan family. If you surrender, you will be the sinner of the Duan family!"
Duan Shizheng didn't know how to refute, the door was pushed open with a bang, and the captain of the guard rushed in in a panic: "Your Majesty, leave quickly, the Ming army is coming to the palace!"
"What?!" Duan Ming was stunned for a moment. Isn't this too fast?!
People are not ready yet...
At this time, Duan Shi's performance was better than that of Duan Ming. He smiled miserably and sighed: "The old Ming army official is right. The Duan family succeeded the Wu Meng family, and their fortunes have ended in the Yuan Dynasty. Kuan Yan
So far, it has been wrong. If you think of going against nature again, God will punish you..."
After saying that, he ordered to surrender. However, before the order was conveyed, the Silver Palace was surrounded by Ming legions.
The Ming army, which looked like wolves and tigers, rushed into the palace and captured Duan Shi's uncle, nephew and all the important civil and military officials.
Duan Shi let the Ming army tie him up, and closed his eyes in pain, filled with regret. If he had surrendered earlier, he might have been able to save the people in the city and his family in the palace. It was too late, and they might not be able to escape the murderous hands.
However, what Duan Shi did not expect was that the Ming army actually committed no crimes in Qiu. They only imprisoned a group of people in the palace. All palace warehouses were sealed and no looting was carried out. There was no act of insulting the female family members.
This shocked him very much. Is there such an army in the world? No wonder the Ming Emperor was able to destroy everything and expelled the Tartars in just a few years and restored China.
After hearing his heartfelt praise, Wang Bi blushed secretly.
Although not plundering people's property, not insulting women, and not harming the people are indeed the magic weapon that the Ming army relies on to get started, but after so many years of being king and hegemony, the soldiers will inevitably develop arrogance. No matter how strict the military discipline is, Boss Zhu will violate these three rules.
Things happen from time to time.
In particular, Lan Yu's army concealed many violations of laws and disciplines.
The quarrel with Dali was very heated before the war this time. He was really worried that the soldiers would do something scandalous after entering the palace.
In that case, the civil officials will definitely take the opportunity to attack His Highness. Especially in such a sensitive place as the Dali Palace, any scandal can easily be magnified and cover up His Highness's glorious achievements in pacifying Yunnan.
In that case, His Highness's third throne may be delayed again, which is something Wang Bi does not want to see at all costs.
His worries were not unfounded. During the previous campaign against Japan, the emperor clearly promised that if he could surrender the Southern Dynasty of Japan and bring Prince Huai Liang back to the capital to apologize, he would make Lao Liu the third king and make his three daughters-in-law the royal concubines.
Unexpectedly, after His Highness overfulfilled the task, the Emperor used the excuse that he messed up the deployment of pacifying Yunnan and ordered him to rush to Yunnan and Guizhou to put out the fire. The matter of being crowned king was not even mentioned.
Wang Bi, who suffered a loss once, can he not worry about being crowned king and becoming a loser again this time?
It was with the firm belief that he must help His Highness get the third throne before the wedding that he resolutely took over the task of leading the selection. Just to be able to enter the palace earlier than everyone else...
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After entering the palace, keeping the female family members under centralized care is actually a kind of protection, and sealing the palace warehouses has the same purpose.
My Wang Bi's daughter must be the real princess and must not marry as a side concubine... The old father secretly said cruelly.
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Dali was enough, and Lan Yu sent Wang Bi, Jin Chaoxing, and Cao Zhen without stopping to seize Heqing, Lijiang, and Jinzhi, all of which encountered no resistance.
Because the local officials and chiefs in northwest Yunnan have been watching Dali, and seeing that the most powerful Dali regime was so vulnerable, they all knew what to do.
Even those places that the Ming army had not yet had time to attack, such as the Ping-Mian Xuanwei Division in western Yunnan, and the chieftains from Cheche in southwestern Yunnan, all came to surrender one after another.
It is exactly the same as Boss Zhu's strategy before the war, "It is better to divide the troops and move towards Dali. The first advantage has been taken, and the trend will collapse. The remaining tribes can send people to give advice, and there is no need to bother the troops."
