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Chapter 991: All Yunnan is pacified

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 couldn't escape knelt down and surrendered.

In the blink of an eye, this 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 catch their breath.

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, I 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 only took Ronggong a short time, but it exhausted all his physical strength and courage. He thought in his heart that the siege battle was really not fought by humans. If those five thousand picks hadn't suddenly come out from behind, he might have been killed or seriously injured just like his comrades.

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 had been defeated soon reached Shangguan, which was in the midst of a fierce battle. The Shangguan defenders immediately lost all fighting spirit and their defensive strength dropped significantly.

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 with enough food for all the soldiers and civilians to eat for a year.

However, the Dali regime was completely unprepared 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 appears?

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 guarding officer woke up from a dream and shouted: "Close the city gate quickly!"

But it was 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 pressed against the wall by the door, barely squeezing into meat patties.

The Ming army at the forefront was Wang Bi's five thousand selected forwards. Wang Bi was such a thief. As soon as he saw Dali's army beginning to flee, he immediately ordered them to follow behind. Sure enough, he rushed into Dali Gate!

After capturing the Dali Gate, Wang Bi continued to lead his troops to break in, seizing two city gates in a row, and directly entered the Dali Palace...

The monarchs and ministers of Dali were having urgent discussions in the Silver Palace, and they were quarreling over whether to fight or to settle.

Uncle Wang and Duan Ming were naturally the main fighting faction, saying that if they relied on Dali City to hold on, the Ming army would have to retreat in the summer.

But Duan Shi didn't want to fight anymore. In his opinion, the fall of Shangguan Pass meant that Shenlong no longer guarded 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: "My lord, hurry up, the Ming army is coming to the palace!"

"What?!" Duan Ming was stunned. 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 this, he ordered to surrender. But before the order was conveyed, the Silver Palace was surrounded by the Ming Legion. 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 allowed the Ming army to 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 just a moment too late, and they might not be able to escape the murderous hand.

However, what Duan Shi didn't expect was that the Ming army committed no crimes in Qiu. They only imprisoned a group of people in the palace. All palace warehouses were sealed and they did not enter and loot. There was no act of insulting the female family members.

This shocked him. Is there such an army in the world? No wonder the Ming Emperor was so powerful that he expelled the Tartars and restored China in just a few years.

After hearing his heartfelt praise, Wang Bi blushed secretly.

Although not plundering people's property, not insulting women, and not harming the people is 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 Boss Zhu's military discipline is, violations of these three rules will still happen from time to time.

In particular, Lan Yu's army concealed many violations of laws and disciplines.

The quarrel with Dali before this war was very heated. He was really worried that the soldiers would do something scandalous after entering the palace.

In that case, the civil servants will definitely take the opportunity to attack His Highness. Especially in such a sensitive place as the Dali Palace, any scandal could 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.

He was not unfounded. During the previous campaign against Japan, the emperor had 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 becoming the king 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 before everyone else...

After entering the palace, keeping the female family members under centralized supervision 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 she 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 to seize Heqing, Lijiang, and Xiajingji without stopping, without any resistance.

Because the local officials and chiefs in northwest Yunnan have been watching Dali and saw that the most powerful Dali regime was so vulnerable, they all knew what to do.

Even those places where the Ming army had not yet had time to attack, such as the Ping-Mian Xuanwei Division in western Yunnan, the chieftains in Cheche in southwestern Yunnan, etc., all came to surrender one after another.

The strategy decided before the war with Boss Zhu was to divide the troops and pursue Dali. The head start has been taken and the trend will collapse. The rest of the tribes can send people to give advice, and there is no need to bother the soldiers.

At this point, the whole of Yunnan was pacified.

(End of this chapter)