Chapter 1096 1091 [Buddhism is not the land of Nurgle]
Some of the Dali garrison at Longwei Pass tried to fight to the death.
But the darkness was so chaotic that they couldn't even find their own generals.
Especially on the wall, after encountering the shelling, they extinguished the braziers and torches to prevent the Ming army's artillery shells from firing at the fire. In the event of a fight, the wall was turned off and the lights were dark, which aggravated the fear and fear.
Chaotic atmosphere.
Gao Zhushou was still shouting "Those who run away from the battle will die", and in the blink of an eye, a large group of defeated troops rushed towards him crazily. Because there was a horse road not far to his side where they could escape.
The soldiers guarded Gao Zhushou, and they drew their swords and guns and killed more than ten people in a row. However, the darkness could not create a deterrent effect. The defeated soldiers in the rear could not see what was happening in front of them, and the chaotic sounds inside and outside the pass also covered up the situation.
The soldiers scolded and the dead screamed.
Gradually, as more and more defeated soldiers escaped, several of Gao Zhushou's soldiers were knocked down one after another.
In desperation, the soldiers had no choice but to protect Gao Zhushou from leaving, constantly killing anyone who dared to approach, and then moved to the horse crossing in the direction of the defeated soldiers' escape.
"Where are Gao Minghui and Liu Kun? Go and ask them to lead troops to defend!" Gao Zhushou got off the horse trail in confusion, but he was still thinking about dispatching troops and generals.
The captain of the guard said anxiously: "Guard, where can we find people now? There are broken troops everywhere. I am afraid that the troops of Generals Gao and Liu have also been broken."
Gao Zhushou shouted again: "Navy army, let the navy come over quickly. There will definitely not be many enemies sneaking across and attacking the embankment!"
The soldiers didn't know what the navy was doing.
In fact, the navy also escaped.
The Erhai Navy has always been ignored and only bullies the fishermen.
Gao Yuechengsheng and Gao Guanyinlong suddenly launched a military coup, and the navy soldiers surrendered to them. In order to strengthen the defense of Erhai Lake, Gao Yuchengsheng also requisitioned merchant ships and converted them into warships, turned some land forces into naval forces, and asked his second son to become a naval force.
Army general.
Now that the fight was really coming, the second son, who was born in Gao Yucheng, wanted to fight hard, but the improvised naval forces fled in all directions, while the original regular navy fled the battlefield in an organized manner.
Why did you run away as an official?
Of course, they fled to the east coast of Erhai Lake to save their lives, and then surrendered collectively when the battle was over.
They could surrender when a military coup occurred in Gao Yuocheng, and of course they could surrender if the Ming army won the war. The main policy was to stay out of trouble, and whoever controlled Dali City would be the master of the navy.
Groups of Ming army soldiers rushed towards Guancheng on the pontoon bridge.
Outside the eight-mile-long Longweiguan city wall, there were densely packed Ming army torches everywhere. The Dali soldiers who were still blocking the city were frightened by the sight of those torches and scrambled to push forward. Some of the defeated soldiers were even pushed over the wall.
fall.
Gao Yuchengguang led the soldiers and horses on the mountain to rescue them. They had to enter the city from Tiansheng Pass.
When Gao Yuchengguang returned to the army in embarrassment and arrived outside Tiansheng Pass, all the gates of Guancheng there were occupied by the Ming army.
Nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses on the two peaks of Diancang Mountain were all blocked in the valley outside Tiansheng Pass.
These are elite soldiers!
Because if you want to capture Longwei Pass, you usually have to capture the peaks outside Tiansheng Pass. Therefore, there are not many elite troops stationed at Longwei Pass, and most of the real elite soldiers are assigned to guard the mountains.
It's over now. Before the nearly ten thousand Dali elite soldiers could fight, the Ming army captured Longwei Pass and blocked these elite soldiers to death.
"Failed, defeated!"
These Dali elite soldiers fell into despair.
As gunshots rang out from the barrier wall, the Dali soldiers further back in the valley all understood what was going on.
Some generals led their troops back to the stronghold, including Gao Yuchengguang.
Some generals and soldiers fled directly. They ran westward along the valley and climbed over the mountains to leave the battlefield.
"Run out and chase!"
Fan Ruwei soon discovered the chaos in the valley. He took the initiative to open the city gate of Tianshengguan and led his army to charge towards the valley in pursuit.
The Dali elite, who originally had a little bit of organization, heard the Ming army's shouts of killing getting closer and closer, and no one knew how many pursuers were coming in the darkness, so they were immediately frightened and ran away desperately.
In the narrow valley, Dali elites scrambled to escape, and soon trampled on corpses.
Gao Yuchengguang was organizing the retreat to the mountain stronghold, which was relatively orderly at first. As they fled, the crowd surged over like a giant wave and scattered his headquarters on the spot.
At first there were personal soldiers to protect him, but gradually even the personal soldiers were dispersed.
Gao Yuchengguang felt like he was pushed, and then the person behind him was also pushed forward. He gritted his teeth to steady his body and not fall down, but he couldn't resist the force at all, and he rolled and crawled in a hurry To the side.
As soon as he jumped out, he was knocked down by the defeated soldiers from the side, and then his calf was severely stepped on.
"ah!"
Gao Yuchengguang screamed and continued to climb, tripping one of the defeated soldiers and knocking down two defeated soldiers in a row. One of them fell down and pinned his calf.
This guy was still crawling toward the hillside in fear, and broken soldiers kept jumping over his body.
Suddenly, another soldier accidentally stepped on his back. When he lost his footing and fell, he collided with the soldiers rushing from behind.
This time Gao Yuchengguang couldn't climb anymore. He had been pinned down by the fallen soldiers, and his exposed legs were trampled continuously, both of which were trampled alive.
He could only hold his head to protect the back of his head, but suddenly a soldier fell down and pinned down his head.
"ah!"
Gao Yuchengguang screamed again, and a defeated soldier stepped on his broken leg, causing him to faint from the pain on the spot.
This guy didn't die, but two legs and one arm were trampled off.
In the early morning, the Ming army swept the battlefield.
An auxiliary soldier shouted in surprise: "There is a high official here, wearing iron armor! Wearing iron armor!"
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Gao Zhushou was much smarter. He hid in a safe place at the base of the wall and ordered his soldiers to take off their armor with him.
Then, they fled with the defeated troops and kept moving closer to the Erhai coast. They tore down the planks of the dike defenses, jumped into the water with the planks in their arms, and tried to escape back to their hometown across the Erhai Lake.
To the north of Longwei Pass, countless defeated troops fled to Dali City.
But there were also many smart people who had determined their escape routes in advance. They rushed to the valleys at the eastern foot of Cangshan Mountain and fled into the mountains in droves. Some even fled towards various mountain temples.
In the dark night, the city gate of Longweiguan was opened, and groups of Ming army cavalry rushed in, holding torches and killing the defeated troops along the way, and rushed straight to Dali City.
With the pursuit of the Ming cavalry, the few Dali troops that fled in an organized manner were finally completely defeated amidst the rumble of horse hooves.
Dali City, Prime Minister's Mansion.
Gao Yuechengsheng was awakened from his sleep: "Why is there so much noise outside?"
"Xiangguo, Longwei Pass is gone, and the defeated troops have fled outside the city on horseback!" the waiter said in horror.
"How many days will we be here?" Gao Yuocheng was shocked.
His initial plan was to seize Dali City and control the country, and summon the princes and kings as prime minister. Including the troops of Gao Liangcheng and Gao Zhenshou, he felt that he could directly recruit them.
This was because this was the case in the past. The king was coerced to command the princes, and the army was controlled by the righteousness of fighting against foreign enemies. After the war was over, the local troops were sent back to their hometowns.
Unexpectedly, Gao Liangcheng directly led his troops to surrender to the enemy!
Therefore, Gao Yuechengsheng decided to negotiate peace again and continued to cede more territory in order to hope that the Ming army would let him go.
It was not until the Ming army reached Erhai that Gao Yuochengsheng changed his plan again.
He felt that he could rely on Longwei Pass and Longshou Pass to hold on. As long as he held it for a month or two, the Ming army would consume more food and grass, and the Ming army would suffer more casualties. At that time, it would be more valuable to surrender to the Ming army.
Can you keep it for a month or two?
Gao Yuechengsheng thought it was more than enough. That kind of formidable pass was not easy to conquer.
He even had a vague sense of luck. Maybe the Ming army would be unable to break through even if they ran out of food and supplies.
"Gather soldiers and horses to defend the city, and we must defend it until dawn!"
The night was so chaotic that Gao Yucheng Sheng planned to surrender at dawn so that he could get a "dedicating the city" at least.
As soon as he rode out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Gao Yucheng heard shouts and rushed towards him.
Someone led an army to rebel!
There were more than one or two "rebels". Dong Mingshou was the first to react. He took his family's details to form an army and quickly ran to seize the south gate of Dali.
The Zhang family led troops to occupy the palace to prevent Gao Yucheng from taking advantage of the chaos and kidnapping the king.
The Yang family and the Gao family had a big feud. They didn't have many private soldiers in the city, only two or three hundred people in total, so they simply rushed towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Gao Yucheng was so frightened that his whole body went cold. He didn't care about his son who was still on the battlefield or his wife and concubines in the prime minister's house. He immediately hit his horse and ran for his life.
He first went around the North City Gate and found that many people were fleeing there, fearing that they would be looted and killed by the insurgents who stayed in the city. The soldiers guarding the North City Gate also disappeared, and a few returned to the city to look for their families, who were not in the city. Dispersed immediately.
Gao Yucheng Sheng rode on horseback and chopped down the people blocking the road. He finally got out of the city and crossed the moat, but suddenly he didn't dare to escape further north.
Further north is Longshou Pass, where the guard is Gao Guanyinlong, and Lin Chong's army is blocking the pass.
Once Gao Guanyinlong knew that Longwei Pass had been lost, he would definitely arrest Gao Yuachengsheng, and even the prime minister and Longshou Pass would be dedicated to Lin Chong.
So, as high as the city, he turned and turned westward.
When passing Chongsheng Temple, he wanted to escape into the temple and hide. He also felt that Chongsheng Temple was too close to Dali City, so he rode around Chongsheng Temple on horseback and ran all the way to the valley.
There is a Zhonghe Temple deep in the mountains. Gao Yuochengsheng knows the abbot there and has donated treasures to Zhonghe Temple in the past.
Gao Yucheng Sheng madly beat the horse and galloped. When he could no longer ride on the mountain road, he took the horse to the woods and killed it. Then he took off his silk robe, untied the bun that he had randomly pulled up when sleeping, and wore only his underwear. Hiking up mountains.
Climb from night to day, from morning to noon.
Gao Yucheng was tired and hungry, his legs were shaking as he walked, and finally he saw the mountain gate of Zhonghe Temple.
He grabbed the dirt and smeared his face with dirt, knocked on the temple door and said to the monk Zhike: "I am a merchant in Dali City, and I have a relationship with your abbot. Now that Dali City is being looted by rebels, I want to hide in your temple for a few days. "
The monk Zhike saw that he was talking well and quickly brought him in to see the abbot.
The abbot looked carefully and finally recognized that this was the latest version of the prime minister of Dali Kingdom. He was also shocked to hear that Dali City had been captured. He immediately took a few steps back and shouted: "Hurry up and catch this thief, tie him up and send him to Dali City!"
Gao Yuechengsheng roared angrily: "You thief monk, it's in vain that I donate so much incense money every time I worship Buddha!"
The abbot said righteously: "You are the thief who has harmed countless people for your own selfishness. The lives of those fallen soldiers should all be counted on your head. Even if you die, you will go to the eighteenth level of hell!"
"I'll fight you!"
Gao Yuecheng was so angry that he rushed forward, but was knocked down by the monks who gathered around him. He was tied up tightly and sent down the mountain to Dali City.
