The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 337

The war elephants of Du Qifei's army were all blindfolded with cloth, and their movement, movement, and steering were all directed by the rider. At this time, the rider died, and the elephant immediately lost its direction.

Chen Xiongfei saw that all the cannons were loaded, and was about to give the order to shoot, but saw the elephant run out in an arc, and plunged into the enemy's formation, and hurriedly stopped the hand that was waving in the air.

The Dragon Guards can deal with elephants, but it doesn't mean that the enemy has a way.The rider's body was hanging on the reins, causing the war elephant to suffer extremely. For a while, it just kept shaking its head and ran desperately, trampling countless chieftain soldiers into a pulp along the way.

Just as Zhu Linmei expected, the elephant was very exciting to the soldiers, and someone hissed and screamed, "The elephant is shocked!"

"Run, the war elephant is coming!"

Some people shot the war elephant with bows and guns in panic, but they couldn't kill it at all, which made it even more crazy.In an instant, Du Qifei screamed even worse.

The officers on the side of the Dragon Guards were also taken aback for a moment, seeing that the enemy was trampled by the war elephants they brought, running around like headless chickens, and the formation was half chaotic in an instant.

But they quickly reacted, and immediately ordered the infantry line to move forward, within the firing distance of the firecrackers, the military drum stopped suddenly, and three thousand soldiers shouted, "Aim!"

"put!"

Du Qifei's troops were still immersed in the fear of being trampled by war elephants. There was a burst of firecrackers beside them, and hundreds of soldiers fell down immediately.

On the contrary, some chieftain officers wanted to gather their men to fight back, but then several rounds of gunfire volleys completely disrupted their army formation, and some hunters continued to snipe and kill officers and standard bearers, further exacerbating the chaos.

Under the double attack of elephants and firecrackers, no one dared to fight anymore, and the entire army gradually retreated and retreated faster and faster.The line array of the Dragon Guards also transformed into an arc at the same time, forming a semi-surrounding situation for the enemy.

Sha Dinghai was stunned watching from the bottom of the city, he didn't expect that these 8000 officers and soldiers, who were not impressive in appearance, were so powerful, they beat Du Qifei's [-] to [-] troops to pieces in just one encounter.

He saw that the officers and soldiers had a good momentum, but they wanted to do something but didn't know what to do.After a while, he turned around and ran back to Kunming city according to his instinct, shouting all the way: "Defeated, defeated! The officers and soldiers have entered the city!"

Originally, Du Qifei's army was in a mess, but now he yelled at him, and the soldiers in the rear also looked at each other and rushed towards the city.For a while, people trampled on horses, and I don't know how many people died.

Zhang Jiayu put away his binoculars and turned his head: "My lord, judging from the casualties of the enemy, it should be a real defeat. I thought Du Qifei had another ambush, but now it seems that he is just arrogant.

Zhu Linmei nodded and said: "So the two teams we used to defend against ambushes can be used.

"Order, Xia Fuxian and Zhao Shichao's troops cut off the enemy's retreat from both wings and try to form an encirclement with the infantry."

"Yes!"

There was no suspense in the ensuing battle. Under the double-teaming of the Dragon Guard infantry and cavalry and the continuous firing of the artillery, Du Qifei's men quickly lost their fighting spirit and abandoned their weapons one after another.

Du Qifei himself was shot in the right leg, and only a few hundred people fled into the city of Kunming, and immediately closed the city gates and did not dare to move rashly.Outside the east gate of Kunming City, corpses were strewn all over the field, three feet soaked in blood.

And the war elephant that "made meritorious service" ran for a meal after being shot several times in the body, and finally died of exhaustion.

Zhu Linmi ordered the captives to be taken in, and after simply cleaning the battlefield, he ordered the artillerymen to line up outside the east gate and bombard the city gate.Although the nine-pound field gun can hardly cause much damage to the city wall, every time the cannon roars, the hearts of the defenders will twitch.

By the time of Dangye Chou, Du Qifei had lost consciousness due to excessive blood loss from a broken leg.The officers under him discussed again and again, and finally surrendered in Kaesong after getting Zhu Linmi's promise to spare them from death.

At dawn the next day, Zhao Shichao drove his horse to the government office, and reported to Zhu Linming, "My lord, my subordinates have captured Sha Dinghai in the city."

"Brother Shadingzhou?" Zhu Linmi had heard Chu Pingmao talk about the situation of various chieftains in Yunnan, and motioned to Zhao Shichao, "Bring him to see me."

"Yes!"

A moment later, a fat middle-aged man with his arms tied behind his back was brought to the government office.Sha Dinghai bowed respectfully first, and then sighed deeply: "His Royal Highness, Sha Dingzhou rebelled, and being his elder brother is a death penalty. I don't want to pray for life, I just want to see Sha Dingzhou and Wancai. How did Lian and the two dogs beheaded, and then they were dealt with by the court!"

Zhu Linmei helped him up, asked Shi Lin to untie him, and said with a smile: "Officer Sha and Naifu have always been loyal to the imperial court, but it is not your fault that they were killed by the traitors in Sha Dingzhou."

Sha Dinghai was taken aback for a moment, and immediately excitedly said: "Isn't the imperial court punishing subordinate officials for death?"

Zhu Linming continued: "Not only will you not be punished, but you will be restored to your post as Chief Wang Nong."

Sha Dingzhou plopped down on his knees and knocked his head on the ground, "I thank the imperial court for your kindness, and I will serve Daming wholeheartedly!"

"There is something for you to do right now..."

Zhu Linming gave Sha Dinghai some instructions, and when he left, he called Zhao Shichao and said, "Contact Mu Jing as soon as possible, let him spread the news everywhere, and say that the imperial court has returned to Sha Dinghai's original position, and Wang Nong is still under his rule. "

"Yes!"

……

Sha Dingzhou raised his head and poured a large bowl of cold water, but it still failed to quench the anger in his chest.

Just one of his confidantes came trotting all the way, and said with embarrassment: "My lord, Mu Tong judge said..."

Sha Dingzhou glared at him and shouted, "What is it this time?!"

"Mu Tongpan said that more than a hundred people in the city were infected with the plague. He was afraid that the army would enter the city and get sick. Please wait another day. He will open the city gate after burning the sick corpses and burying them."

"Bastard!" Sha Dingzhou slammed the water bowl on the ground, and said angrily, "There will be no plague sooner or later, and the plague will happen when my army enters the city?!"

When he said this, he couldn't help recalling a series of recent boring things.

When he rushed to Chuxiong, he found that there was actually a team of people stationed in the city abandoned by Mu Tianbo, and it was the Mu family of Lijiang.Mu Xie, who was in charge of the army, sent someone to see him, saying that the Mu family had not made an inch of merit before, and this time they helped President Sha's government capture Chuxiong.

Sha Dingzhou only thought that the Mu family wanted to take refuge in him wholeheartedly, and even praised him a lot. Unexpectedly, the Mu family only said good things, but never opened the city.

Under his urging, Mu Xi said that there is still Mu Tianbo's remnant party in the city, and they can be wiped out in half a day.So Sha Dingzhou asked the army to wait outside the city for a day, and Mu Zhuo sent someone to tell him about the battle. He had suffered many casualties, but he had no money to support him. He wanted to ask Sha Zongfu to borrow 3 taels of silver.

Where did Sha Dingzhou bring so much cash, he had to send someone to Guangtong to withdraw the money, and it took another day and night to go back and forth.

Unexpectedly, after Mu Xie took the silver, he talked about the plague again.No matter how stupid Sha Dingzhou is, he should understand that there is something wrong at this time.

He recruited Chen Changming, Lu Wanwan and others, and was about to give the order to attack the city, when a horse galloped up, waved the letter in his hand and shouted loudly: "Urgent report! Kunming is falling!"

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