641 Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers (for April 1500
At the top of Kunming City, facing the superior force of the bandit and chieftain alliance, after holding on for several days, the morale of the defenders was obviously low.
Even if Mu Tianbo tried to boost their morale and said reinforcements would arrive soon, it was of no use at all.
This trick can be used once, but if you continue to use it, it won't be of much use. Who would believe it?
Mu Tianbo was also worried about this!
In Yang Weizhi's secret letter to him, he just said that Li Zicheng's general guarding the Shu Pass had secretly defected to the imperial court, and told him to hold on, and reinforcements would soon arrive.
However, there was no explanation as to when the reinforcements would arrive!
In this way, he was also afraid. What if Kunming had already fallen by the time the reinforcements arrived?
For this reason, Mu Tianbo really had to drain his family wealth. No matter what, he had to defend it. Otherwise, once the city was destroyed, no matter how much money he had, he would only be able to benefit the bandits and chieftains.
But now, the family's wealth is almost exhausted, and there are still countless bandits and chieftain soldiers outside the city. On top of the city, at a glance, they are all subordinates with low morale.
Mu Tianbo was really worried when he saw this!
But there is no other way, if you can't hold it, you have to hold it, so you just have to do it yourself, patrol the top of the city, and check the war readiness.
"Brother, why don't you go and have a rest!" Mu Tianbo's younger brother, Mu Tianze, was originally supposed to have died in the Sha Dingzhou rebellion in the 17th year of Chongzhen's reign. However, due to the butterfly effect, Sha Dingzhou failed to rebel in Kunming. He
Of course he wasn't dead either. Seeing Mu Tianbo's tired look, he said to him, "My third brother and I are watching from the top of the city. It's okay!"
"They will feel more at ease when I am here!" After hearing this, Mu Tianbo shook his head and said, "I'm okay, it's okay!"
Even though he said this, anyone could see that Mu Tianbo was very tired.
There was nothing he could do about it. He was the Duke of Kunming, the core of Kunming City. Relatively speaking, his two younger brothers were not very old, so he was not at ease, so he insisted on staying at the city head morning and night, dealing with bandits and chieftain soldiers again and again.
attack.
After hearing this, Mu Tianze was about to persuade him again when he suddenly saw something and couldn't help but said in surprise: "Brother, look at the thieves outside the city!"
When Mu Tianbo heard this, he thought that the bandits were about to attack the city again. But when he looked up, he saw that there were about three to four thousand bandits in the west direction of the city, which is the direction of Chuxiong that he had been looking forward to day and night. They looked like they had lost their helmets.
It appeared in the field of vision like an abandoned armor, and threw it towards the bandit camp.
"Okay!" Upon seeing this, Mu Tianbo came to life as if he had been given a shot of chicken blood, and immediately shouted loudly: "The imperial reinforcements are coming soon, and all the soldiers are guarded by the Lord!"
The soldiers on the top of the city heard this and looked at the situation outside the city with doubts.
In fact, not only them, but also the bandits and chieftain soldiers in the outer city were suspicious and didn't know what was going on.
But Mu Tianbo was excited and shouted: "My Lord has long said that the reinforcements will arrive. Look, the reinforcements have arrived!"
After hearing what he said and looking at the situation outside the city, everyone naturally thought that what the Duke of Guo said was true. Therefore, even if they still had doubts in their hearts, they all shouted out one by one and told themselves
Boost morale.
This time, Mu Tianbo once again boosted the morale of the city's defenders without spending any money.
Not long after he was happy, Mu Tianbo discovered that a lot of people on horseback had jumped out from the bandits. After they dispersed into the various chieftain camps, he saw that all the chieftain soldiers started to make a fuss. Not only were they far away from the city wall, but they also seemed to be
It seems like he wants to run away.
Upon seeing this situation, Mu Tianbo excitedly pointed outside the city and said, "Did you see it? Did you see it? The reinforcements have arrived, and the rebels are about to run away!"
His younger brother Mu Tianze heard this and immediately said excitedly: "Brother, let's go out of the city to cover up the killing?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Tianbo slapped his younger brother on the back of the head. Of course, the force was not very strong. Then he glared and shouted: "Don't you know how much you weigh? You don't have the skills of your ancestors. If you dare to go out of the city, you will be killed by thieves.
Bar?"
Mu Tianze was not even twenty years old, and newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. When he heard this, he touched the back of his head where he had been beaten, and said unconvinced: "How do you know if you haven't been beaten before? Even Emperor Taizu can manifest spirits.
Maybe my ancestor can help me too?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Tianbo was so angry that he wanted to slap him.
When Mu Tianze saw it, he immediately ran away and stayed farther away.
Mu Tianbo saw him and was about to say something about him when he suddenly heard huge cheers coming from the top of the city in the south direction of the city.
This movement caused the brothers to stop their movements and look curiously towards the south of the city.
It was Mu Tianze who also had sharp ears. After listening attentively for a moment, he said to Mu Tianbo in surprise: "Brother, it seems that the reinforcements are here too!"
"What?" Mu Tianbo was a little confused when he heard this, and murmured to himself, "Shouldn't we come from the Chuxiong Mansion? Or it would be better to come from the north. Where can the imperial reinforcements come from the south?"
When his brother heard what he said, Mu Tianze asked a little puzzled: "Brother, what are you muttering about? Didn't you say that Master Yang's secret letter to you already mentioned that there would be reinforcements? Why?
Where did the reinforcements come from? Are there reinforcements or no reinforcements?"
As he spoke, there was a bit of worry on his face, as if he was afraid of having fun in vain.
The other people around, including the personal guards and the soldiers guarding the city, had similar expressions after hearing this, fearing that they would be happy in vain.
When Mu Tianbo saw this, he immediately suppressed the doubts in his heart, immediately changed his expression and said: "Didn't you see that the rebels outside the city are all in chaos? Use your brain to think about it, what else could it be like if the reinforcements had not arrived?
?It can’t be that Emperor Taizu sent heavenly soldiers and generals down, right?”
After hearing this, Mu Tianze turned to look outside the city and found that after such a while, the rebels outside the city were indeed more chaotic.
At that time, the rebels outside the city were still organized into different groups. There was a clear distinction between the chieftain armies and the rebels. Even if they wanted to escape, they could still tell which part was which!
But at this time, you can see on the top of the city that there are already many chieftain troops mixed together. At most, they can be distinguished from the bandits.
At the same time, in the south direction of the city, the cheers were getting louder and louder.
"Report, the imperial reinforcements, the imperial reinforcements have arrived!" A school captain rushed along the city wall. When he saw Mu Tianbo, he was still far away, so he had no time to wait, so he shouted to report.
Mu Tianbo was very surprised when he heard this, but he couldn't care so much at this time. Anyway, it didn't matter whether they came from Chuxiong or from other places, as long as they were reinforcements.
"Brother, shall we fight out?" At this time, Mu Tianze came over again and asked.
As he spoke, he was still a little wary of Mu Tianbo, fearing that his brother would hit him again.
Don't tell me, Mu Tianbo really wanted to fight, but seeing him like this, he knew he couldn't fight, so he gave up and just said: "As long as we defend the city, it will be a credit. There are too many rebels outside the city, don't
It would be so unacceptable to be killed in counter-attack!"
If it were his ancestor Mu Ying, he would probably kill him in this situation. But Mu Tianbo, although in the original history, was not afraid of death and eventually died for his country, but looking at his life, it has to be said that he was not afraid of death. His ancestors are far away!
After he finished speaking, he was worried that others would have his brother's thoughts, so he issued a military order to strictly guard the city and not go to war.
Then, Mu Tianbo hurried to the south of the city to see which group of imperial officers and soldiers were coming to help?
At this time, the biggest difference on the side of the imperial officers and soldiers was that the sound of firearms began to resound through the south of the city. Along with the shouts of killing, everyone knew that the imperial officers and soldiers had arrived.
When I saw the rebels outside the city, they were all in chaos.
Some rebels rushed to the west; but some of the rebels from the west rushed to the east; they became a mess, you squeezed me, I squeezed you, not to mention fighting, even escaping was blocked by someone. , get in the way!
As for the bandits, because they don't belong to different hills and different factions like the chieftains, it's not that chaotic. However, the panic among people is obvious.
"kill……"
Not only were they shouting from the south of the city, but they were also roaring from inside Kunming City.
"Surrender without killing, surrender without killing..."
Seeing this situation, some chieftains were desperate and surrendered instead of running away.
Only the more powerful ones, such as Sha Dingzhou and other chieftains, were not willing to surrender and were still running away like headless flies.
The reason for this is that I really don’t know which direction is safe to run in.
According to the news I heard at the Chinese military tent, there should be imperial officers and soldiers in several directions!
In this way, fortunately or unfortunately, several large groups of chieftains and the stray thieves collided with each other, which immediately broke up the organization of the stray thieves. I am among you, and you are among me. The rogue thieves and The chieftains and soldiers mingled.
Li Zicheng lost control of his subordinates. In such a chaotic situation, it was impossible to convey his military orders.
Gao Yigong's sister, Gao Guiying, was in charge of the rear camp, mainly family members of the military. Men and women, old and young, were suddenly hit by this disaster. They were a little unprepared for a moment. Even though they had escaped before, they were not so panicked. .
Gao Guiying was so anxious that he saw his younger brother running over with his men.
So, she happily greeted her brother and asked him to come over quickly to help evacuate together.
Gao Yigong saw it and winked at his men.
Then his men dispersed in the back camp, seemingly going to help.
Gao Yigong himself ran to his sister and said, "Sister, why are you so anxious? You can't do this. The more anxious you become, the more panic you get. The more panic you get, the more chaotic you become. Take your time, take your time!"
It seemed to make sense, and since he was his own brother, Gao Guiying didn't doubt anything, so he quickly sent an order to the rear camp to not panic and get back in order.
This is the home base of the entire army. It has no combat effectiveness, but it is related to the morale of the entire army.
Unknowingly, the back camp side and Li Zicheng's side were farther away from the ground.