Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 505: Defeat Dali and destroy the country, peacock’s courage

Under the fierce offensive of the Guanzhong army, the entire Dali Kingdom fell one after another that winter, and the border people in other mountainous areas, such as the Miao and Zhuang people, also gave up resistance one after another. He surrendered to the Guanzhong army.

After all, the conditions for the Guanzhong Army are the same as those of the Dali Kingdom. It is okay for them to obey the Dali Kingdom, and it is also okay for them to obey the Guanzhong Army.

In essence, it is just paying taxes, paying taxes, and then surrendering in name. Anyway, the Guanzhong army will not leave too many troops here.

In the eyes of the Han people, this place is just a barren land, even for the royal family of Dali. The Duan family are also Han Chinese who came from Wuwei and other places. Although they have married the Miao and Zhuang people over the years, they are essentially Han Chinese.

In the eyes of these ethnic minorities, there is actually no difference between them and the Han people who fought in the Guanzhong army, or even the Han people in the Southern Song Dynasty. They are all Han people anyway, and they surrender to everyone the same.

In the winter of that year, the Guanzhong army had already attacked Dali City. Along the way, there was no decent resistance from all the state capitals.

A country that believes in Buddhism really has little fighting power. The Dali Kingdom really worships Buddhism so much that as soon as soldiers from ethnic minorities arrive on the battlefield, they immediately start throwing away their weapons and surrendering.

This war was a complete crushing, so easy that even the Guanzhong army was surprised.

"This Dali Kingdom is too inexperienced! If we had known a few years ago, we should have brought people to destroy them, and then sent troops from Dali Kingdom to attack the Southern Song Dynasty." The third son of King Guanzhong said.

"Third brother! You can't say that. We didn't have enough troops in Guanzhong at that time. If my father had raised his troops to attack Dali, then the Southern Song Dynasty would definitely take action. Dali has been a subsidiary of the Southern Song Dynasty since its founding." Guanzhong Zhang Dingguan, the eldest son of the king, said.

Attack Dali Kingdom. This strategy has indeed been proposed by generals, but it is too troublesome to implement. Entering Dali from Sichuan and Shu is not as easy as entering from the south.

As long as the Dali Kingdom holds a few key roads, it will be very difficult for the Guanzhong Army to break through, and the Southern Song Dynasty will definitely send troops to support them.

If the battle line is too long, it will be disadvantageous for them, so his father decided to directly defeat the Southern Song Dynasty head-on.

My father said that some plain areas are more suitable for cavalry and the Guanzhong army to fight, but the mountains and ravines are not suitable for fighting.

After surrounding Dali City, the Guanzhong army began to cut off all channels and supplies from the outside that had contact with Chen Lei. The defenders in the city were cut off from all escape routes and could only watch helplessly as the Guanzhong army completely surrounded them. stand up.

After besieging the capital, the Guanzhong army immediately launched the tactics developed by Zhang Yong. They first pulled out heavy artillery, and then bombarded Dali City indiscriminately.

This Dali City, not to mention compared with cities in the Central Plains, even compared with some cities in Xixia, is inferior. The Guanzhong army's artillery fire only lasted for two days, and the defenders in the city could no longer hold on.

At this time, Zhang Dingguan came up with a way to further damage the opponent's morale and brought the young prince of the Duan family of Dali directly to the front of the two armies.

When the Guanzhong army first invaded, this young prince organized tens of thousands of coalition forces to come to fight.

However, the opponent's force was not very strong. He could only be regarded as a three-legged cat. After only two rounds, he was knocked off his horse by Zhang Dingguan with a single shot.

Then the little prince became a prisoner of the Guanzhong army and was taken to the gates of Dali City. Now he can be used to lower the morale of the entire Dali City.

After two days of bombing, Zhang Dingguan brought the captured little prince to the city.

"Go and ask the leader of your Dali Kingdom to come out, as well as the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, all come out to me." Zhang Dingguan said.

In order to let the people inside see it more clearly, the Guanzhong army tied the little prince to a cross and stood it high.

This method of tying a cross was learned from Westerners during the Western Expeditions. Just open your hands, and you can tie a person to it and stand it up for the other person to see.

"Father, mother, Aluo! Wuwu! I'm sorry for you, I failed." The young prince looked at his family members appearing on the tower one by one, showing an expression of great pain, and tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.

When he went on the expedition, he was very high-spirited and carried all the hope of the entire Dali Kingdom. Tens of thousands of troops went to fight the Guanzhong army. As a result, his army was completely defeated when fighting the Guanzhong army.

Some reinforcements sent by other tribes were immediately frightened when they heard the artillery fire and gunfire from the Guanzhong army. In just one day, the coalition forces he led were annihilated by the eldest prince of Guanzhong.

He went into the battle with high spirits, but the result was a disastrous defeat, and now he has become a prisoner.

"This is a man, your son, your family, and the prince of your Dali Kingdom. Listen, if you are willing to open the city gate and surrender now, I will let him go." Zhang Dingguan came wearing silver armor. When he arrived in front of the two armies, he shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please think of a way to save my son, save our son!" The Queen of Ali Kingdom suddenly hugged Duan Xiangxing's leg and shouted with a look of mourning.

"You, don't even think about it. Father, don't agree to surrender, don't give up the Duan family's inheritance to others." The young prince shouted from below.

"I count from 1 to 10. If you don't open the city and surrender, then I will chop off his head. After I enter the city, I will kill all your Dali Duan clan." Zhang Dingguan picked up a He put a big knife on the little prince's neck, looked at the city, and said.

"No! Don't kill my husband!" On top of the city tower, a Miao woman wearing a silver lock shouted desperately.

"Aro! I'm sorry for you!"

"General, please let us think about it." Emperor Duan Xiangxing of Dali looked at his son under the tower and said anxiously.

"One, hahaha! Ten!" Zhang Dingguan raised the butcher knife in his hand and slashed at it, cutting off the little prince's head.

"You, you don't keep your word, you promised to count to ten, why did you kill my son?" Duan Xiangxing, the emperor of Dali on the tower, said in great pain.

"Hahaha! This prince is not kidding you. I told you to count from one to ten, so I just counted one and ten!
Guys, do you think I’ve counted correctly? Ha ha ha ha! "Zhang Dingguan stood in front of the city gate and said with a smile.

What if I lie to you? I don't take you Dali seriously at all. From the beginning of the war to now, your combat effectiveness has been extremely low.

If you are unwilling to surrender, it will be easy for me to take over this city. Today, I am going to kill your son at the city gate. How will you treat him?
I heard that you just got married, so let your wife be a widow!
Or wait until I enter the city and capture her to warm the bed.

"Haha, the eldest prince is right, counting from 1 to 10 is no problem."

"Hahaha!" The Guanzhong army under the city began to laugh.

"Today I killed your son. If you don't open the city and surrender tomorrow, then after I break the city, I will kill all your sons.

All of you, the Duan family, as well as all the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, and all the residents of this city, I will not spare any of them, I will massacre the city. "Zhang Dingguan said.

Dali is not the Southern Song Dynasty, and my father did not say that massacre of the city is not allowed here.

"You! You, you."

Obviously, as soon as these words came out, all the Duan royal family on the tower were startled, and everyone was frightened.

“But if Kaicheng surrenders, I will protect all of you from death. You can choose life or death.

Starting tomorrow, we will attack the city with all our strength. I want to see if your Dali City gate can block my heavy artillery in Guanzhong. "

After Zhang Dingguan finished speaking, he threw the headless body directly under Dali City and returned to his military camp without looking back.

On top of the city tower, a young woman looked fiercely at Zhang Dingguan below the city, with a trace of murderous intent flashing in her eyes.

After experiencing the shock of the death of the little prince, there was also the threat of massacre of the entire city. The speed of Dali's surrender exceeded everyone's imagination. At noon the next day, the gate of Dali City was opened, and the emperor of the Duan family came to Zhangdingguan holding the jade seal of Dali. Waiting in front of all the commanders of the Guanzhong Army.

"Generals, please stop fighting. Our country of Dali is willing to surrender, and our Duan family is willing to abdicate. Please generals, please don't cause massacres and don't massacre the people in the city." Emperor Duan Xiangxing of Dali knelt on the ground and said.

"Don't worry, since I surrender voluntarily, I will definitely fulfill my promise and never kill you.

My father said, I am attacking you this time because you, the Duan family of Dali, call yourself emperor without permission. Emperor is the supreme title in the Central Plains. There is only one true dragon emperor in the world. In the past, Zhao and Song lost the world and did not complete the unification.

This resulted in an emperor from Xixia, an emperor from your Dali Kingdom, an emperor from the Southern Song Dynasty, an emperor from the Jin Kingdom, and even an emperor from the Western Liao Dynasty. The title of emperor is supreme. Except for our unified dynasty in the Central Plains, no one in any region can The leader of the country must not call himself emperor. "Zhang Dingguan said.

Before the war started, his father Zhang Yong wrote to him and told him that the title of emperor is the supreme title for the Han nation, a title for high status and the highest ruler, and the emperor is appointed by heaven.

There are too many emperors in this world, and they must be eliminated one by one. Anyone who dares to call himself emperor must be attacked.

Upon hearing this, Duan Xiangxing, the emperor of Dali Kingdom, revealed a helpless bitter smile. Their Dali Kingdom had always called itself the emperor internally, and even pledged loyalty to the Southern Song Dynasty. However, it did not give up its throne and imperial title. Even each generation of emperors was posthumously given a temple name.

All etiquette was followed by the emperor of the Central Plains. Unexpectedly, the king of Guanzhong was offended because of this incident.

However, could it be that if their country of Dali calls itself King of Dali, if they remove the title of emperor and call themselves king, can they escape all this?

In his opinion, this is not necessarily the case. The Guanzhong army only needs to find a reason to beat you. They cannot beat you for this reason. They can also beat you for another reason.

"The eldest prince of Guanzhong, I wonder what you are going to do with our Dali royal family? We sincerely surrender, and we hope that the eldest prince will be accommodating." Duan Xiangxing said.

If you can no longer save your country, then find a way to save something else! For example, the lives of all members of their Dali Duan clan.

"Don't worry about this. You surrendered on your own? In the future, we will send some basic officials here in Dali, and we will also set up a local general manager, who will be filled by our people. There will also be a garrison here. This garrison will It's to protect you," Zhang Dingguan said.

Zhang Yong also has his own approach to the occupied areas. First of all, in the occupied areas, the highest military commander must be appointed by his own side, such as governor.

Then, the most important thing is to arrange a garrison. The number of this garrison may not be large, but it must be there and it must be permanent.

The garrison here rotates every four years to relieve the soldiers' homesickness, and they can return to their hometown after four years.

All middle-level officials and high-level officials must be appointed by Guanzhong, and only some lower-level and grassroots officials can be appointed by themselves.

As for the Duan royal family, my father has already said that if they resist desperately, they will be exterminated. If they do not resist and surrender, then they cannot be left in Dali and must find a way to move them to other places.

A family has ruled a region for hundreds of years, and its power has become deeply entrenched. If you want to completely overthrow this family's rule, you must do something.

"You, the Dali royal family, can no longer claim to be the kings of the country in the future. We need the whole family and I to return to Guanzhong to pay homage to my father." Zhang Dingguan said.

"In compliance with the order of the eldest prince, I, the Duan clan of Dali, will go to the Central Plains to pay homage to the King of Guanzhong." Duan Xiangxing nodded and said.

This King of Guanzhong is still a vassal state of Mongolia in name, but everyone in the world can see that after destroying the Southern Song Dynasty and even their Dali Kingdom, this King of Guanzhong has completed the unification, and it is only a matter of time before he becomes emperor.

When we get to Guanzhong, if we can please the King of Guanzhong, maybe the Duan family of Dali can continue to come here and become the king of Dali. After all, we need people to manage Dali. The Duan family has been running this place for hundreds of years. It's time.

Some things must rely on the Duan family.

After completely wiping out Dali City, Emperor Duan held a grand banquet in Dali City that night to reward the three armies.

At the banquet, the Dali Duan clan entertained all the generals in Guanzhong well, showing great respect and not daring to say anything.

That night, in Duan Xiangxing's room, a woman from the Miao family wearing Miao costumes, a silver crown on her head, and various silverware stood quietly.

"Father-in-law! My husband, your son, was killed by them. Don't you want to avenge your son?"

"Aluo! Now that our country, Dali, has been destroyed, our country and family have been destroyed. As for the matter of revenge, let's not mention it again.

The Dali Kingdom is gone, and now all of us must surrender to the King of Guanzhong. Duan Xiangxing glanced at his daughter-in-law and said.

She and her son had just gotten married when the Guanzhong army suddenly came in. Then her son went to the battlefield and was later killed by the Guanzhong army.

He was indeed very sad when his son died, but what could he do! Taking the entire Duan clan and using the lives of other clansmen to fight against the Guanzhong army?
"Surrender to the man who killed my husband, hahaha!" A Luo looked at his extremely cowardly father-in-law and said mockingly.

"Aluo, don't do stupid things, and don't offend the other person, otherwise.

Our Duan family, as well as your Miao Jiang family, will be implicated, and the Guanzhong army will uproot our two families. "Duan Xiangxing looked at his daughter-in-law and said.

A Miao woman has a very strong temperament. Her husband was killed and now she has to surrender to the enemy. This is extremely unacceptable to her.

But what can be done? Can their thin arms be twisted past their thighs?

"Alas! My son is dead, and I feel more miserable than you.

But what can be done? If I don't surrender, our entire family and the entire Duan family will die! And the sword has no eyes on the battlefield! "Duan Xiangxing said in great pain.

"Huh!" The woman named A Luo turned her head, snorted coldly, and left the room.

He was not killed on the battlefield because his sword had no eyes, but he was taken to the city by the enemy and his head was cut off directly to death.

Soon Aro returned to his room, closed the door, took out some rouge and gouache, and began to dress himself up carefully.

"Sister! I brought what you asked me to find. You, do you really want to do this?" A little girl about fourteen or fifteen years old opened the door and walked in. She glanced at A Luo and asked.

"Why, are you afraid? That's your brother-in-law. He was killed and his head was chopped off under the tower.

Moreover, the enemy was not trustworthy and did not even give us a chance to consider surrender. They just wanted to kill him. "Aro said.

She could tell that the Guanzhong general and the Guanzhong prince that day were there.

She didn't even think about sparing her husband's life. She didn't even let the people on the tower consider surrender and just killed them directly, just to scare them.

Let them quickly surrender to Kaicheng. This trick worked very well. After their husbands were killed, the people in Dali City were collectively frightened and surrendered directly to Kaicheng.

"I understand, sister, this is peacock gallbladder, the most powerful poison in Miao territory. What are you going to do?" the young Miao woman said.

"I plan to dress up beautifully, and then go to meet the great prince of Guanzhong." A Luo opened the box containing the peacock gall and said.

(End of this chapter)