At this point in the fight, Gao Zhenshou was already riding a tiger and was unable to get off.
He knew that the Ming army was strong, but he did not expect that the Ming army was so strong.
He knew that the Dali soldiers were weak, but he did not expect that the Dali soldiers were so weak.
When the strong and the weak meet and fight, a strange reaction occurs - the strong soldiers become stronger, and the weak soldiers become weaker!
But it won't work if you don't hit it. There's a nail stuck here.
Like a lump in the throat, like a awn on the back.
Just when Gao Zhenshou was in a dilemma, a speedboat came from the north and landed at the Dian Lake to report: "Reinforcements from Xiangguo, Yunnan Fu, Pinfu, Zhao Fu, Baiya Fu, Xi Fu and other places have arrived, and the total strength is
More than 14,000 people are currently waiting for orders outside Shanchan City."
赕 is the name given to the river by the barbarians in the south.
But here in Dali, you can actually connect to "Dian". For example, Pu'er is also called Bu Rizhen and Bu Ridian.
"Let them all come over. Also, five thousand Shanchan garrison and three thousand Guandu garrison will be sent here to reinforce." Gao Zhenshou had completely given up. "The whole army will return to camp to rest. Tomorrow tens of thousands of troops will come together from
Besieged on all sides!"
Gaozhenshou and Gao Zhenshou don't care about any of the three missing ones.
Anyway, the Ming army with high morale could not escape. He had to take advantage of his own strength and launch continuous attacks from all sides of the mountain stronghold.
Towards evening, more than 16,000 soldiers came to reinforce Gao Zhenshou.
The general in charge of the army was named Gao Kaiming. He complained as soon as they met: "Prime Minister, Gao Liangcheng has evil intentions. When we passed by Weichu (Chuxiong) Mansion, Gao Liangcheng not only did not lead the troops to join us, but also gathered troops to stop us.
For a long time!"
"What's going on?" Gao Zhenshou frowned.
Gao Kaiming said: "I just asked the leader of Shigufu to provide some food and grass. Gao Liangcheng insisted that we send troops to grab food in his territory."
Gao Zhenshou didn't ask any more questions and just said: "You have been traveling all the way, so go and rest first."
Gao Kaiming must have had dirty hands and forced officials or leaders to give him food along the way, which led Gao Liangcheng to find an excuse to gather troops to stop him.
Returning to his handsome tent, Gao Zhenshou was worried.
He suspected that Gao Liangcheng wanted to take the opportunity to cause trouble, but he didn't know what Gao Liangcheng would do.
Under normal circumstances, Gao Liangcheng would sit back and watch his defeat, then come to compete for the position of prime minister, and then lead his troops to join the battlefield to resist the enemy.
But this time the enemy is the Ming army, not the surrounding barbarians.
Does Gao Liangcheng dare to take risks like this?
If you don't pay attention, it will be self-defeating!
Gao Zhenshou suddenly had a more terrifying thought: Could Gao Liangcheng have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty long ago? If that were the case, once Gao Liangcheng sent troops to Weichu (Chuxiong), Shanchan (Kunming) would become
Enemies on three sides.
For a moment, Gao Zhenshou felt cold all over.
He called his second son, Gao Shouhu, and said, "You immediately ride to Weichu and ask Gao Liangcheng to lead troops to help. Just say... Just say, return my position as prime minister to him. Only he can command the army to drive away the Ming thieves."
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Gao Shouhu was shocked and said: "Father, how can you give up the position of prime minister to others so easily?"
Gao Zhenshou said: "If he is not allowed to be prime minister, Gao Liangcheng is very likely to defect to the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Ming army will be in the north, and the Ming army will be in the south. The main force of the Ming army in Guangxi may be killed in the east, and Gao Liangcheng will be in the west.
How can those rebels fight if Shanchan City is surrounded by everyone?"
"If Gao Liangcheng secretly acted as a supporter of the Ming Dynasty, and now he is appointed as the prime minister and commander of the army, wouldn't he directly lead the army and city to the enemy?" Gao Shouhu expressed his worries.
Gao Zhenshou said: "If he can become prime minister again, he will be unwilling to surrender to the enemy again."
Gao Shouhu asked: "If we lose, everything will be over. But if Gao Liangcheng leads the troops to defeat the Ming Dynasty, his prestige will definitely increase, and the position of prime minister will have nothing to do with our family."
Gao Zhenshou said: "We must get over it first. The Ming army is too strong. Even if there are thousands of Ming troops in front of me, I...I am not sure of winning, let alone tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 Ming troops who are yet to be defeated."
So what if the position of prime minister is temporarily returned to him? You can always find a chance to take it back!"
All in all, Gao Zhenshou's troops were not enough.
However, Gao Liangcheng controlled the entire Weichu Mansion, but he kept delaying and refused to send troops to help. If this continued, Dali had no chance of winning.
Only by bringing in high-quality troops to fight can it be possible to turn the tide of the war.
After all, Gao Liangcheng has been the prime minister for so many years, and the weapons and armor of his private soldiers are very sophisticated.
After the second son took the order to leave, Gao Zhenshou called the messenger again: "You arrange for a messenger to go to the south and order the leaders of Wenfuzhou, Buxiong tribe, Luojia tribe and other states to gather all the young and strong men who can fight, and finally
Hurry to Dawu Long to assemble as quickly as possible. Anyone who fails to send troops will be deemed to be treason!"
The next day, fight again.
At this time, Dali's military strength had increased to 50,000.
Even under the escort of cavalry, thousands of soldiers moved to the west and ran to the area between Shanzhai and Dianchi Lake to organize an attack.
As soon as the fight started, there were fierce attacks from all sides.
Moreover, war supervisory teams were sent to various places. If the officer fled before reaching the first stone wall, if the officer took the lead in escaping, the officer would be beheaded. If the officer did not escape and the team collapsed, the entire team would be beheaded.
After the first wave of offensives was repulsed, a total of eight middle- and low-level officers were escorted.
"Martial law!"
Gao Zhenshou gave an order, and eight heads fell to the ground, frightening the whole army.
Another remaining soldier from the mountain attack team was brought in. The officer of this team did not escape, but the soldiers fled and the officer died in the battle.
"Kill them all and pass them on to everyone!"
A bunch of heads were chopped off, and a second wave of attacks was quickly organized.
This time it was obviously different. Each mountain attack team rushed forward bravely, and more than half of them approached the stone wall with bullets in their arms.
The Ming army began to suffer losses caused by frontal fighting: one person was seriously injured and more than ten people were slightly injured.
Among them, twelve people were shot by bows and arrows, and five were stabbed by spears.
"The enemy invaders are beginning to fight tooth and nail," Yang Zaixing inspected two positions and told the ordering soldiers, "Tell the generals that the next group of enemy troops will be defeated, and they will counterattack fiercely and kill them. We must kill the enemy invaders until they are frightened and put them to death.
The enemy invaders are as afraid of death as they were yesterday!"
The Tiger Crouching Cannon was also distributed and given to three positions where it was convenient to fire the cannon.
Nong Zuxing was also injured. An arrow passed by his head, scratched his cheekbone, and shot his left ear.
The faint pain made Nong Zuxing even more excited.
The wolf soldier bloodline has awakened.
The enemy troops below were charging closer and closer, bearing bullets, while several squatting cannons next to them were still waiting for their opportunity.
"fire!"
As the cannon sounded, countless gravel flew out.
Amidst the screams, Nong Zuxing heard the captain blowing the offensive whistle. He and his teammates jumped over the stone wall, jumped steadily on the hillside, drew their guns, and rushed over with a roar.
"kill!"
The enemy in front of them was first shot by firecrackers and then bombarded by artillery shells. When they encountered Nong Zuxing's charge, they immediately turned around and fled in panic.
"Woooooooo~~~~"
Nong Zuxing dived for more than ten steps with his gun, stabbing two broken soldiers in succession. Suddenly he heard the sound of military bugles on the stone wall behind him.
He ignored it.
Because he is a small soldier, he only listens to the captain's brass whistle and only looks at the deputy captain's command flag.
If both the captain and deputy captain are killed in battle, a temporary captain will be selected according to military rank, and try to find nearby scattered friendly troops to reorganize into a mandarin duck team as quickly as possible.
Finally, the captain's brass whistle sounded, and the deputy captain's flag waved.
Nong Zuxing immediately slowed down, ran a few more steps and stopped. They did not continue to pursue, but under the leadership of the captain, they killed the enemy who was attacking the mountain on the side.
The enemy there was already on the verge of collapse. Facing the side attack by Nong Zuxing and others, they were killed without any suspense and fled in an instant.
Bugles and military whistles also sounded from the side positions, and Ming troops on the low wall jumped out one after another.
Some continued to chase the enemy, and some continued to attack from the side.
The Dali soldiers in front of various positions were defeated one after another, and were chased all the way to the foot of the mountain by the Ming army.
Ming Jin retreated his troops, the fighting stopped, and several screams could be heard from time to time on the battlefield.
"Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng!"
The Ming troops on the mountain cheered and shouted, their morale getting higher and higher.
The Dali army at the foot of the mountain became demoralized again. The little morale boosted by harsh military methods was directly restored to its original shape due to this defeat.
It was useless for Gao Zhenshou to continue asking the supervising team to behead heads. Not only would it not improve the army's combat effectiveness, but it would also cause resentment.
Several more attacks were organized next, and the Dali soldiers all returned to what they were yesterday. One mountain attacking team was only killed by fire cannons, and they didn't even touch the edge of the first stone wall, so they all shouted in panic.
The team fled together.
"Prime Minister, we can no longer attack like this." Yang Zhongsu rode up to Gao Zhenshou on horseback.
Gao Zhenshou asked back: "Do you have a better way?"
Yang Zhongsu was silent.
As early as the Nanzhao Kingdom period, the Yang family was a wealthy family second only to the Duan family, and was also listed as the second most noble surname by the Dali Esoteric Cult.
Although it has declined now, the Yang family is still hereditary in charge of Huichuan Prefecture (Huili, Miyi, Huidong), and has great influence in his hometown of Dongchuan County (Huize, Dongchuan, Qiaojia).
Of the fifty thousand Dali soldiers now, six thousand were brought by Yang Zhongsu.
After two consecutive days of fierce attack on the mountain stronghold, Yang Zhongsu's troops suffered more than 300 casualties, and the casualty rate of his troops exceeded 5%.
Moreover, many wounded soldiers lost mobility. The Ming army liked to touch up the wounds in the crooks of the legs behind the knees. There were also some who were hit by bullets but did not die. The lead had penetrated into the flesh and started to become infected. The wounded soldiers' camp kept crying and shouting, which seriously affected
Army morale.
The sound of horse hooves sounded again, and this time it was Zhang Zheng.
The Zhang family in Dali is mainly divided into two branches. One branch comes from the Baizi royal family during the Three Kingdoms period, and its descendants were named King Jianning in the Tang Dynasty; the other branch comes from the Nanzhao royal family, and its ancestor is Luobohai, the son of Xinuluo.
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The Zhang Zheng in front of me belongs to the former group, which has been passed down in Yunnan for more than a thousand years.
Zhang Zheng arrived here yesterday following Gao Kaiming. He only had 3,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and 500 of them were organized into mountain attack teams to attack in turns. After several attacks, these 500 soldiers had already suffered nearly 100 casualties.
If there was even the slightest hope of victory, Zhang Zheng would hold his nose and admit it.
But now it is obvious that the soldiers are being sent to die, and even the first stone wall outside the mountain village cannot be approached. How can there be such a war?
"Prime Minister, it's better to withdraw your troops," Zhang Zheng suggested. "Leave a few thousand troops to guard Guandu City in the north and Wu's Wubao in the south. The rest will return to Shanchan City to defend. Can this lone army in front of us still be able to defend it?"
Capture the city?"
Gao Zhenshou asked back: "If the Ming army from the north comes to kill, how will the Ming army here deal with it? Let them turn the rear of Shanchan Prefecture into a pot of porridge? Many of my soldiers are in the various prefectures of Shanchan Prefecture. They don't worry about themselves.
If their family members are in danger, can they still fight wholeheartedly?"
Zhang Zheng said: "It is better for our army to pretend to withdraw and see if we can lure the enemy down the mountain to pursue us. It is better to fight on the ground than to attack the mountain like this."
Gao Zhenshou began to think about the possibility of pretending to retreat and lure the enemy.
Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of horse hooves again, and generals from various ministries came one after another.
Everyone can see clearly that it is impossible to defeat the stronghold in this way, and the morale of the entire army may collapse in the end.
In such a situation, the safest way is to besiege but not attack, and slowly use up the food and grass in the stronghold.
But Gao Zhenshou didn't have that time, Bai Qi, Lin Chong's army was about to arrive!
Gao Zhenshou looked at the generals. Not only did the generals with different surnames not want to fight anymore, but even the generals of the Gao family also passively avoided fighting.
The attitude of the generals represents the morale of the military.
A fast ship docked at the Dian Lake again. After the messenger got off the ship, he immediately mounted his horse on the lake and rushed to Gao Zhenshou to report: "Xiangguo, Shicheng County has been captured by the Ming army!"
Gao Zhenshou was shocked: "Tell me in detail."
The messenger said: "Stone City was bombarded by artillery, and cracks appeared in the city wall. The barbarians in the city were forced to go out to fight in the field. In less than an hour, they were defeated by the Ming army and fled. When the remaining barbarian soldiers fled back to the city, they discovered the pseudo-King Luoluo.
, all the prime ministers died in the rebellion, and the surviving barbarian leaders surrendered the city after discussion."
"When did they surrender?" Gao Zhenshou asked.
The messenger replied: "Two days ago, the barbarian soldiers from the Maitreya tribe who escaped came to Shanchan for help. They fainted from exhaustion as soon as they finished speaking. When the barbarian envoys came to Shanchan for peace talks two days ago, Shicheng County
The barbarian soldiers have actually surrendered, but the barbarian envoys don’t know it yet.”
Gao Zhenshou opened his mouth but stopped talking.
If the Ming army in the north moves quickly, the vanguard is estimated to be within a hundred miles of Kunming.
After a long time, Gao Zhenshou gritted his teeth and said: "The whole army retreats to Shanchanfu City. But we still have to try to lure them. If the Ming army in the mountain stronghold comes after them, immediately turn around and annihilate them in the field!"
He called all the generals together and began to lay out seduction tactics.
Yang Zhongsu returned to his camp and called his brothers and son: "The Gao family will undoubtedly be defeated. They can't even defeat the thousands of Ming troops in front of them. Do they still want to defeat the tens of thousands of Ming troops in the north? The Ming army is Gao's enemy.
, but they are not necessarily the enemies of my Yang family, I am afraid it is still a good opportunity for my Yang family to stand up!"
The Yang family hereditarily controls the entire Huichuan Prefecture, and actually controls half of Dongchuan County through influence.
In Dali, where the Gao family has the exclusive power, how is it possible to allow people with different surnames to exist who actually control one and half of the county?
Therefore, the Gao family has been continuously suppressing the Yang family. Dongchuan County was taken away by the Gao family from the Yang family. However, the Yang family has too much influence there. Although the Gao family's children serve as county guards, many things still remain unresolved.
It depends on Yang's face.
If this situation continues, the Yang family will lose its power sooner or later.
For example, in history, the Gao family took advantage of the Mongolian invasion and took away all the territory of the Yang family. From then on, the Yang family could no longer control a party and could only rely on religious identity to develop silently. In the end, a quarter of the Bai people had the same surname.
Yang.
Yang Zhongsu continued: "Our territory is in Huichuan Prefecture and Dongchuan County, which is northwest of Shicheng County. After the Ming army takes Shicheng County, it may attack our Yang family's territory at any time, so it must express its attitude to join the Ming Dynasty early.
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"Brother, you can contact Mrs. Zhang." Yang Zhongyan suggested.
Yang Zhongsu smiled and nodded: "Yes, Zhang Zheng is definitely willing to surrender."
The Zhang family was suppressed even more severely by the Gao family. Their territory was around Erhai Lake and was under the direct jurisdiction of the Duan family.
Even the Imperial Palace of Dali was built under the leadership of the Zhang family.
The process of the Gao family's powerful ministers evading the Duan family was also the process of suppressing the Zhang family.
In history, the descendants of the Zhang family directly led the way to join the Ming Dynasty and served as generals of Prince Mu's Palace for generations.
Everyone in the Dali military camp was busy withdrawing troops. After a while, Yang Zhongyan ran back and said: "Brother, Zhang Zheng is willing to surrender. I asked when he would switch sides."
