The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 338
Sha Dingzhou hesitated when he heard the words, and suddenly pulled the person who reported the letter off his horse, and said in a deep voice, "You said Kunming...isn't Kunyang?"

The courier trembled and said: "Return to the General Mansion, General Du was defeated by the army in the east of Kunming city yesterday, and his subordinate Gu Yuhua and others surrendered to the city..."

Sha Dingzhou's hands also trembled. Kunming is the core of Yunnan, and he dared to call himself "General Mansion" precisely because he owned Kunming.

He looked at Chen Changming coldly, "Didn't you say that the main force of the army is still in Qujing?"

"This..." Chen Changming froze on the spot, sweat breaking out on his forehead.

The messenger hurriedly said: "Report to the General Mansion, the attacking Kunming is the vanguard team of the government army, only about 4000 people..."

"Trash! Du Qifei, this trash!" Sha Dingzhou threw the messenger on the ground, his veins throbbing with anger, "The eight thousand defenders were captured by 4000 people!"

Chen Changming glanced gratefully at the messenger, and hurriedly said to Sha Dingzhou: "Your Excellency, you should quickly capture Chuxiong to stabilize the army's morale. Then, before the main force of the court arrives, use Chuxiong as a base to cooperate with General Tie's Lin'an soldiers and horses to attack." Kunming. There are only four thousand officers and troops in Kunming, so it should not be difficult to conquer."

"Yes, attack Chuxiong first!" Sha Dingzhou glared at the "wooden" banner on the city, and roared, "Order the whole army, four gates attack at the same time! I will see the wooden head tonight!"

"Subordinates obey orders!"

At this time, Sha Dingzhou didn't dare to retain his strength anymore, and his troops, together with Lu trillion's troops, went to attack the city.

Mu Xi looked at the note in his hand in the arrow tower at the head of the city. It was written in beautiful handwriting: When the sand bandits arrive, the second brother will only talk to him with good words. Prevarication, try to delay the time.At this time, His Royal Highness the Assistant Prince's military situation is the most urgent, and Chu Xiong can reach thousands of soldiers in just one more day.

He smiled and shook his head, his second sister really had a lot of "spiritual ideas", and Sha Dingzhou was really bluffed like this for several days.

Suddenly a soldier came into the house and reported: "My lord, the Shadingzhou Department has blocked the four gates, and the siege weapons are almost under the city."

In the end, I couldn't get away with it.Mu Xi got up and ordered his officers to guard separately. After everyone left, he hurriedly took out a kit from his body and opened it.

When he led the army to leave Lijiang, Mu Zhiqing handed him three kits and ordered them to be dismantled and read when they saw Sha Dingzhou, when Sha Dingzhou attacked the city, and when Sha Dingzhou retreated.

There is still a piece of paper in the kit, which reads: If the sand bandits attack Chuxiong by force, the second brother should spend all his military resources and recruit the best and strong men in the city to defend together in the name of Lord Qian.If it is really critical, they will pretend to surrender, and wait for the bandits to retreat, and still guard the city to the death.

Mu Xie immediately ordered people to post the secret orders of the "Duke of the State of Guizhou" everywhere in the city, inviting the people of Chuxiong to join the imperial thieves, and anyone who contributed to defending the city would be rewarded with three taels of silver, and compensation for the disabled.

Mu Tianbo's prestige in Yunnan is very high, and the people in the city saw that the Duke of Guizhou had recruited him and had money to take, so they all enthusiastically signed up to defend the city against the enemy.In less than half a day, you will get four thousand strong.

Mu Xi took out the 3 taels of silver sent by Shadingzhou the day before yesterday to reward the soldiers. The momentum in the city was like a rainbow, vowing to fight the sand bandits to the death, even women and children came to help deliver food or carry the defense equipment.

Fighting until dark, Shadingzhou's troops were still unable to set foot on the first half of Chuxiong City.

On the next day, Sha Dingzhou, who was unable to see the wooden head, ordered his black armor army to attack the city in a rage.These people are the elites he has cultivated for many years, and they will never be wasted on siege unless it is absolutely necessary.

To say that the Black Armored Army is indeed extremely powerful, each of them is not afraid of death, stepping on the corpses of their companions and climbing towards the city.By the time of dinner, two or three hundred people had already attacked the north wall. Mu Xi led his soldiers to resist, but was killed and retreated steadily. Seeing that there were more and more enemy troops at the top of the city.

Sha Dingzhou Yuan saw that although his men attacked the city, many black armor soldiers died, and his heart ached.At this moment, several riders were seen rushing out of the city, holding high the white flag in their hands.

He was overjoyed when he saw this, he accepted the surrender form, ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, and then the whole team entered the city.

Unexpectedly, when others retreated to the city, the gate of Chuxiong was still not opened for a long while, and Chen Changming said cautiously: "My lord, Mu Xi is afraid to cheat again..."

"Damn it!" Sha Dingzhou tore the surrender form into pieces and threw it on the ground with all his strength, intending to be attacked again, but seeing that it was dark, he had no choice but to give up.

Early the next morning, Sha Dingzhou's army attacked the city again.After a night of repairing, the wood is no longer as bad as it was yesterday, and it is also leading the army to fight to the death.

The battle between the two sides was in full swing, and Chen Changming suddenly ran into the tent in Shadingzhou in a hurry, and said in a panic, "Lord General Mansion, something is wrong, Lu Wanwan led his troops back to Dongchuan."

"What?!" Sha Dingzhou stood up awkwardly, and asked in surprise, "He, is he trying to betray me?"

Before he finished speaking, Lu Wanwan's subordinates came to see Sha Dingzhou, and said with a bitter face: "My lord, please forgive me, Dongchuan urgently reported last night that the imperial court's [-] troops set off from Qujing to go north. It is less than a hundred miles away from Dongchuan.

"My lord was afraid that there would be something wrong in the family, so he had to lead his troops to rescue him."

After further questioning, Sha Dingzhou found out that Lu Wanwan was worried that he would not let him go, so he quietly led his army away last night. At this time, there were only a hundred people left in his camp.

Sha Dingzhou brought a total of 6000 people from Chuxiong this time, and Lu trillion lost nearly [-] people this time, and the pressure on Muxi to defend the city was greatly reduced.

"I won Chuxiong without his surname Lu!"

Sha Dingzhou was about to burst into tears, and was about to order Chen Changming to step up his attack on the city, when another rider came from afar and handed a letter tube into Chen Changming's hands.

The latter took out the letter, glanced at it, and immediately turned ashen, and then handed the letter to Sha Dingzhou, saying dryly: "Mu Tianbo didn't continue to Wang Nongshan, but turned to Lin'an halfway..."

Sha Dingzhou's hands trembled when he heard the words, but he didn't catch the secret report.

How did Mu Tianbo, a guy who never knew how to fight, become so cunning?He felt bitter, he had underestimated the enemy before, why didn't he leave some defenders in Lin'an?
Lin'an is the west gate of Ami, and it is also the shortest road from Chuxiong to Ami Prefecture.If you lose this city, even if you take Chuxiong by yourself, if you want to return to Ami or Wangnongshan, you have to make a big circle from the south side of Xishan, traveling nearly a thousand miles.

He slumped back to the chair, hesitated for a while, finally waved his hands powerlessly and said: "Head the whole army back to Ami."

Mu Xi only felt that the enemy's attack was getting weaker and weaker, and he was also puzzled, and then another Tanma came back from outside the city to report, saying that the sand bandit brigade had gradually retreated, and only less than a thousand people were still feinting to attack.

Mu Xi let out a sigh of relief when he heard the words, it seemed that Chuxiong had saved it, and he was worthy of his father's trust.

He immediately remembered that the second sister still had a brocade bag, and she said she would watch it when the troops retreated at Sha Ting Chau.He hastily opened the brochure bag and took out the note, but found that unlike the previous two brochure bags, there was only one sentence on the paper——

(End of this chapter)