Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 119 Recovering Yunnan
“Bang bang bang bang!~~”

In an instant, wood chips flew everywhere in the Mongolian camp, and blood splattered on the distant observation tower.

The Yuan army had no idea what was happening. Many patrolling soldiers were still standing there watching, looking at the Ming army on the river in the distance in confusion.

But then, when more and more Yuan soldiers came to watch, there was another round of "da da da da" sounds.

Sparks seemed to flash from the ship on the river, and the next second, dozens of unlucky people were shot dead on the spot.

to be frank.

A firearm like AK is very accurate and can definitely kill one person with one shot.

However, most people cannot be sharpshooters, so a large amount of firepower coverage is often needed.

For example, during the later anti-Japanese war, the bald army needed an average of two thousand bullets to kill one Japanese invader.

Our army’s supplies are very tight, so we advocate killing one enemy with one bullet.

However, except for sharpshooters like Zhang Taofang, most ordinary soldiers often needed 30 bullets and a grenade to kill a Japanese soldier.

Needless to say, the Americans took an average of 100,000 bullets to kill one rebel soldier in the Middle East war.

So under normal circumstances, when engaging in modern thermal weapons warfare, it is impossible to kill so many people at one time.

But this is not normal.

The Yuan army didn't even know what it was and thought the Ming army was coming to kill them, so they began to gather in large numbers and ran to the shore to watch.

In a situation like this where there are so many people, let alone using an AK to sweep them, even if you just use a bolt-action rifle to randomly fire, you can kill a large number of them.

Because bolt-action rifles tend to have strong penetrating power.

According to the recollections of our army's veterans, when hand-to-hand combat was about to begin, the Japanese would generally eject the bullets from their guns for fear of accidentally injuring their teammates.

So when the Yuan army heard the noise, thousands of people gathered over at once. The entire plain area on the opposite bank was full of people, and any random shot would result in kills.

At the beginning, the Yuan army was shot twice by AK and didn't know what happened. They saw their teammates around them falling off their horses with inexplicable screams.

Soon someone noticed something was wrong and shouted in Mongolian: "Run! This is the sorcery of the Ming army!"

"Run!"

"Huslev, what's wrong with you, my brother?"

"Toosig, Toosig."

"What's going on? What's going on?"

There was chaos on the west bank. A Darughachi looked around with trembling fear and let out a heart-wrenching cry.

Some people fell off their horses around, and others rushed over to help them. Some horses were shot, but they did not die immediately, but became frightened and mad.

As a result of the chain reaction, a large number of Yuan army horses roared and fled in panic, crashing into each other and even rushing into the river.

For a time, the sounds of various horns, gongs and drums, shouts, and screams could be heard inside and outside the Yuan army camp.

The rifles on the east bank were still firing rapidly, but the west bank was already littered with dead and wounded.

In fact, this can also be seen from the fact that King Dong was shot.

That was the result of the extremely fast reactions that the experienced Americans had developed through daily gunfights.

But even so, when the gunman fired three shots, neither King Dong nor the people in the stands felt that someone was shooting at first, but instead looked around in confusion.

It was not until Prince Dong realized something was wrong and touched his ear that he hurriedly climbed down. The bodyguards rushed over to protect him.

The killer then fired five more shots to vent his anger, and the audience began to dodge.

However, at this time, the killers had been sniped by security personnel in the distance and did not continue shooting.

Compared with the United States, for those living in a country that has never had a gun war, or in ancient times where firearms like this have not yet appeared on a large scale and the method of warfare is still mainly cold weapons, hot weapons are simply unimaginable.

The Yuan army still doesn't understand why soldiers keep falling around them, why there is a constant "da da da da" sound coming from the distant ships, and why there seems to be something flying in the sky.

The feeling of fear quickly spread among the Yuan army, followed by large-scale and continuous chaos. Crowds of people continued to surge towards the military camps and the direction they came from both sides of the river, and some even ran towards the Nanpan River ahead in panic.

All of a sudden, there was a chaotic sound of "splash, splash" of people falling into the water.

The key point is that the Northern Yuan soldiers at the back had no idea what was happening and were still pushing forward.

Many people thought that the Ming army was coming, and the Yuan army's main general Darima had already ordered the entire army to immediately prepare for a decisive battle with the Ming army.

The result was that the Yuan army on the shore ran frantically towards the military camp in fear, while the Yuan army in the direction of the military camp were still rushing out without knowing what was going on. The two sides collided with each other like two torrents, causing chaos.

"This"

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was using a drone to observe the enemy on the ship, was stunned.

He never expected that the firepower network organized by only ten AKs could cause such great destructive power, and actually caused local chaos in the Yuan army in a short period of time.

But he didn't understand why the crowds of people gathered and were shot into sieves by automatic rifles, but he understood that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

So he immediately shouted: "Li Wenzhong, Fu Youde!"

Li Wenzhong and Fu Youde, who were following closely behind him, quickly stepped forward, bowed and saluted, saying, "I am here!"

"Cross the river immediately!"

"Yes!"

The two of them immediately got off the cabin.

About a quarter of an hour later, a large number of Ming troops came out from various military camps.

After such a long standoff on the river bank, the Ming army had already prepared a large number of warships for crossing the river. Although they were all small fishing boats, the Nanpan River was not a river with fast-flowing waters.

Especially in the Qujing section, since Qujing has a large plain area and the water flow is relatively gentle, under the suppression of firepower, small fishing boats quickly landed.

By the time the first batch of thousands of Ming troops arrived at the west bank, it was already three quarters of an hour after Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the crossing of the river.

However, faced with the Ming army's large-scale crossing of the river, the Yuan army, which had already fallen into chaos, was simply unable to stop it.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang shouted: "Cross the river!"

"Cross the river!"

"Cross the river!"

"Cross the river!"

The soldiers below shouted loudly, and at first only the guards on the left and right near the tower ship next to Zhu Yuanzhang shouted.

Then, as if it was contagious, it quickly spread to the three armies.

This is actually a form of military order transmission.

However, its transmission speed is slower than that of horns, drums and the like, so it rarely appears on a normal battlefield.

But when everyone shouts at the same time, it is easy to unleash strong passion and morale.

Infected by the shouting, the soldiers quickly boarded the boats, paddled continuously on the river, and then reached the other side. Under the leadership of the chief officer of the camp, they charged towards the Yuan army.

"Father, I beg you to hunt down the barbarians!"

Zhu Di had already ordered to stop shooting at this time, but he had only changed more than ten magazines so far. The soldiers behind him who were changing magazines were not tired at all, so he wanted to chase after them immediately.

The most important thing is that this was his first time killing someone with a firearm.

In order to train his sons to have the courage to kill, Zhu Di let them practice with death row prisoners since they were young. As a result, Zhu Di had no psychological burden when he went into battle to kill the enemy. Instead, he felt that shooting was too far away, so he wanted to chase the enemy with a gun at close range.

That's what it's like.

"Hahahahaha."

Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy to hear his son's request. He nodded and said, "Okay, but now the Yuan army has been disrupted. You should be careful in the chaos and have someone guard you."

"Yes!"

Zhu Di was overjoyed and immediately called on his personal guards to take all the ammunition on the ship.

He actually didn't make that many magazines, only more than fifty. Often, after he finished firing a round, the soldiers would immediately hand them a new one and then immediately load the empty magazine.

All the bullets were packed in boxes. At this moment, the six hundred guardsmen hung the bullet boxes on their horses, reined in their horses, walked to the river, and took a boat to cross the river.

But this process actually still took a long time. By the time Zhu Di crossed the river, the Yuan army's camps had almost been destroyed by the Ming army. A large number of Yuan troops were ambushed and fled in all directions.

Various Yuan army flags, weapons, tents and furs were scattered everywhere on the ground. Many fences were pushed down by the surging Ming army soldiers. The entire Yuan army camp was in a mess.

Seeing this, Zhu Di had no choice but to continue the pursuit.

Hundreds of thousands of people were scattered over an area of ​​100 square kilometers in the later Qujing city area. Many Yuan troops fled separately, and the Ming troops also scattered to chase them. They could only vaguely see crowds of people, and heard shouts, screams, and the sound of horses galloping everywhere.

It was depressing that no one was killing them, so Zhu Di and his personal guards rode on horseback for a whole day and night. Of course, they did not run all the way, as the horses also needed to rest, so they searched everywhere for any remnants of the Yuan army.

Unfortunately, the number of Ming troops was too large. In this battle, Zhu Yuanzhang led 300,000 men, while the Yuan army had only 100,000 men. Three fully armed Han soldiers fought against one Mongolian soldier. There were too many wolves and too little meat to go around.

In addition, it is easy to accidentally injure teammates when using a gun in a cold weapon melee. Therefore, when Zhu Di occasionally encountered a battle involving hundreds or thousands of people, he could only watch from afar. At most, he would order his personal guards to go up and help his soldiers, but he did not dare to shoot at all.

The result was that when Zhu Di returned the next morning, he didn't even get a single head, which made him very depressed.

But there is also good news.

In view of the great contributions made by Zhu Di and the fact that the main force of the Yuan army entrenched in Yunnan had been defeated and the overall situation was settled, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to let Zhu Di personally lead 30,000 vanguard troops straight to Kunming.

In addition, Fu Youde was sent to lead the troops north to Wusa to support the northern army.

Lan Yu and Mu Ying led their troops to approach Banqiao.

The last group was led by Cao Zhen, Wang Bi, Jin Chaoxing and others, who led 20,000 troops to conquer Lin'an (now Jianshui, Yunnan) and other places in the south.

Zhu Yuanzhang himself led the main force of the central army of 100,000 and supported Zhu Di from behind.

Zhu Di excitedly led the vanguard troops to Kunming.

But what he didn't expect was that he thought there would be another fierce battle in Kunming, but when Zarawalmi heard that Darima was defeated, he panicked and abandoned Kunming and fled to Huna Fort in Jinning Prefecture (now Jincheng, Yunnan).

Zhu Di hurriedly chased to Jining. When he arrived, the several thousand Yuan troops remaining in the city had surrendered one after another. Zha La Walmi had already hanged himself, leaving himself a dignified death.

Seeing this, Zhu Di had no choice but to take Bazarawalmi's body back to Kunming and report the situation to Zhu Yuanzhang.

At the end of November, several days had passed since Zhu entered Kunming City.

There are still some remnant forces of the Yuan army in Yunnan, such as Shibu, the female native official of Wusa Prefecture, Guan Fubao, the right prime minister of Yuan Dynasty, and others who are still resisting stubbornly, but in fact it won't last long.

Once the Ming army arrived, these remaining forces would either surrender or die, so Zhu Yuanzhang was not worried about any accidents.

"Father!"

After Zhu Di returned to Kunming, he learned that Zhu Yuanzhang had already moved into the former Prince Liang's Mansion, so he rode his horse to the gate of the mansion, dismounted, and hurried into the hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang was drinking tea in the hall, and several generals were discussing matters with him. When he saw him come in, Zhu Yuanzhang put down his teacup, glanced at him and said, "What's going on?"

"Zaravalmi hanged himself."

"Expected."

"It's a pity that I was a step too late."

Zhu Di knew what he meant.

Because they both knew history, which said that Jaravarmi committed suicide after a disastrous defeat.

Zhu Di's only regret was that he did not capture him before he committed suicide.

After all, Bazarawalmi was one of the two major pillars of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, coordinating with Nahachu, one in the southwest and the other in the northeast, threatening the border of the Ming Dynasty.

If Bazarawalmi could be captured, it would be a heavy blow to the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

But many times there is no solution.

Before being captured, a person's life belongs to him or her and can end whenever he or she wants.

So Zhu Di had no choice.

"Don't be discouraged. Dali is not peaceful yet."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "The remnants of the Duan family killed my envoys before, and they want to fight to the end with the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Let them be buried together."

"Yes, I will personally lead the army to pacify Dali!"

Zhu Di thought so too, and hurriedly bowed and said, "The child is gone."

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

Watching him leave, several generals said hurriedly: "The King of Yan is truly a fierce general."

"Yes, we have been in a standoff with the Yuan people for a long time. When the King of Yan came, the enemy collapsed without a fight. It can be said that it was a divine army descending from the sky."

"In my opinion, if we go north to destroy Yuan in the future, there must be a King of Yan."

Hearing his generals' generous praise, Lao Zhu smiled and picked up the teacup again.

Isn't that him?
In the next few times, he went out of the desert to sweep across the Northern Yuan Dynasty. It was a pity that he did not capture the main force of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. However, it was also a way to show off his strength, which was not bad.

However, we cannot waste our national strength now to demonstrate our military prowess in the desert. Instead, we must truly and thoroughly wipe out the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Even if we cannot destroy them all, we must make sure that the desert and grassland belong to our Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, this great threat will never be resolved, and the Ming Dynasty will still face external threats in the future.

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes and decided in his heart that at least before his death, he must eliminate all external forces around the Ming Dynasty and incorporate all territories around the Ming Dynasty that may harbor enemies into the territory of the Ming Dynasty!

This time it is Yunnan, and in the future there will be U-Tsang, Dogan, Mo Nan, Mo Bei, Liaodong and other places, all of which should belong to them!

A few days later, Zhu Di led his army to Dali.

Dali is currently controlled by the Duan family.

When Zhu Yuanzhang first established the country, he did not take overly radical measures.

In fact, his strategic vision has always been good.

In terms of the international situation, his consideration was to make as many friends as possible and only make the Northern Yuan Dynasty his enemy.

Therefore, he sent envoys to the Jurchens in the northeast, the Tubo in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Duan family of Dali, the chieftains in various parts of the southwest, the Hui people in the northwest, and even Goryeo on the Korean Peninsula, and Japan far away overseas.

But unfortunately, it is not known whether it was because the Mongols had been tyrannizing for too long or they looked down on the newly established Ming Dynasty. Except for a small number of oppressed Northeastern Jurchens who came to surrender and the Koreans who were on the verge of betrayal, most of them killed the Ming envoys to reject Zhu Yuanzhang's attempts to win them over.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry, he could do nothing about it.

However, this time he finally vented his anger. Not only did he destroy the King of Liang of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, but he also destroyed the Duan family, whom he had sent people to win over before, hoping that when he attacked Bazhalawarmi, they would launch a surprise attack on Bazhalawarmi's rear, but they were killed and the envoy was killed. It also made people feel refreshed.

In early December of the 13th year of Hongwu, Zhu Di destroyed the remnants of the Duan clan in a battle. Then Li Wenzhong, Fu Youde, Mu Ying, Lan Yu and others also eliminated the remnants of the Mongolian forces entrenched in Yunnan. Since then, Yunnan has returned to the embrace of the Han people again.

(End of this chapter)