Princess Qionghua sighed, lost her mind for a while, and said leisurely: "Since Dali has no choice, why not return to the Central Plains Dynasty!"
Fan Yong looked at this beautiful and wise princess with admiration in his heart. People always like to criticize others and they should put the overall situation first. However, people are not just grass and trees, but they are always selfish. How many people can really put the overall situation first? But the princess in front of her has managed to put the overall situation first, and this alone makes people sincerely admire her.
Fan Yong said: "Her Royal Highness will never regret today's choice. Her Royal Highness has seen the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. The prosperity of the Ming Dynasty today must be the scene of Dali tomorrow."
Princess Qionghua looked at Fan Yong and nodded gently.
The Emperor of Dali paced back and forth in his study, with an anxious look on his face. At one moment he was worried about the intrusion of the coalition forces, and at another he was wondering if Ming Dynasty was playing some trick. His emotions fluctuated and he worried about gains and losses. A palace maid came in with tea, placed the tea on the desk and pushed it aside. The emperor walked to the desk, picked up the tea and took a sip. His eyes widened, and he threw the tea cup to the ground with a cry. The tea cup broke into pieces and the tea splashed everywhere! The palace maid was startled, and the emperor yelled at the palace maid: "It's so hot, do you want to kill me?" The palace maid hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy.
The emperor's anger persisted and he shouted: "Here comes someone!" Several eunuchs immediately entered the study. The emperor pointed at the palace maid who was kneeling on the ground tremblingly and shouted: "Drag this bitch down and give her fifty lashes!" Several eunuchs looked at each other, but the palace maid had already turned pale with fear and kowtowed hard to beg for mercy. The emperor was unmoved and shouted to several hesitating eunuchs: "Are you going to resist the edict?" The eunuchs were frightened, and with the idea that the dead Taoist friends would not die the poor Taoists, they hurried forward and dragged the palace maid away. Go down. The palace maid begged for mercy, but it was of no use. A moment later, the screams of the palace maid and the crack of the whip were heard, and the emperor's anger subsided slightly.
The palace maid was whipped, carried back to her residence, and placed on her own bed. The palace maid had been flogged on her back and her flesh and blood were bruised, so she lay on the bed, already looking like she was dying. Seeing this scene, the other maids in the palace were frightened, but they were even more gloating about the misfortune. Normally, that maid was liked by His Majesty and could accompany His Majesty. She had long made everyone jealous, but now she was beaten half to death, which is really remarkable. This is very satisfying! Seeing her serious injury, all the maids looked on with cold eyes and uttered sarcastic remarks, but no one came to care for her! The palace maid was innocently tortured, and she was already feeling sad. Now she saw that everyone was gloating about the misfortune without any sympathy, and her sadness turned into resentment!
Just then, a man came in. Seeing this, the maids quickly bowed to each other: "Your Majesty!" It turned out that Concubine Dao came in. Her surname was Dao, and she was the daughter of a patriarch of the Baiyi tribe. Naturally, she married the emperor for political reasons; but at that time, Dao Baifeng was also one of the most beautiful women in a thousand, so she was very favored by the emperor when she first entered the palace. Although she was not favored by thousands of people, she was still very beautiful. However, her appearance is easy to age, and as time goes by, although Concubine Dao Gui still has the charm of a mature woman, she is much inferior to the young concubines who have recently entered the palace. Gradually, the emperor no longer visits her. When she came, she had no children. The years in the palace were lonely, and resentment slowly took root in her originally pure heart and grew up. Now, she had no feelings for the emperor, and all that was left was endless resentment. She dreamed about killing that man with her own hands many times at midnight. She was so unhappy! However, when I woke up, I found that it was just a dream, and I couldn't help but feel disappointed.
Concubine Dao said to the palace maids: "You all get out!" Although Concubine Dao was already a noble lady, she had killed her master, so the maids did not dare to disobey, so they made a promise and left. Concubine Dao and the tortured palace maid were the only ones left in the room.
The palace maid struggled to sit up. Concubine Dao Guifei stepped forward quickly, held her shoulders, and said harmoniously: "You are injured, don't move!" Looking at the bloody look on the palace maid's back, she couldn't help but frown. , "How could that man be so cruel, to be so cruel to a young girl!" The palace maid had just been tortured, and saw the indifference of people's hearts again. She was in a sad time, but now she saw the imperial concubine like this Concerned about myself, I couldn't control my emotions immediately, and tears burst into my eyes.
Concubine Dao carefully untied the maid's clothes, took out her handkerchief and wiped it carefully, then took out the golden sore medicine and applied it to the maid. The palace maid was flattered and said quickly: "Your Majesty, slave, slave, how could I, how could I..." As she said this, the palace maid's voice was choked with sobs, and her heart was full of gratitude to this noble concubine.
Dao Guifei smiled and said: "It's nothing, just lie down."
The palace maid lay down properly according to Concubine Dao's words, and she couldn't help but have an impulse in her heart. She felt that the concubine treated her like this, and it was good for her to die for the concubine! …
The emperor woke up in the middle of the night with a loud scream. The guards outside the door heard the shouting and rushed in. They couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw the emperor was fine and sitting on the bedside. They were so frightened when they heard the emperor's cry just now, they thought something had happened!
The emperor recalled the scene in his dream just now, and was filled with fear and gasping for air. Then he saw the guards standing at the gate holding lanterns, and the unknown fire surged up immediately, shouting: "What are you doing here? Who told you to come in? Get out! Get out!" The guards knew that the emperor was in a bad mood recently. He was so moody. Seeing that the emperor was angry, no one dared to stay. He immediately ran out in a hurry and closed the palace door. , the emperor was still panting, feeling only a breath of resentment with nowhere to vent.
Dong dong dong..., the palace door rang several times. The emperor frowned and asked angrily: "What's the matter?"
The knocking on the door stopped immediately, and then a eunuch's cautious voice came: "Your Majesty, the Privy Council has sent us urgent military information!"
The emperor couldn't help but become nervous, feeling that it was definitely not a good thing, and his mood couldn't help but get worse. He got off the bed, put on a robe, walked to the door, and opened the palace door. The eunuch outside the palace door quickly bent down. The emperor asked angrily: "Where is he?" The eunuch said quickly: "Waiting in the imperial study room!" The emperor walked straight towards the imperial study room.
When I came to the imperial study, I saw the Privy Councilor. The Privy Councilor quickly saluted and said, "I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
The emperor took a deep breath and asked angrily: "Is there any bad news again?"
The Privy Councilor said with excitement on his face: "Your Majesty, great news! Ten thousand Ming Dynasty warriors suddenly appeared at the foot of Longwei Pass and repelled the Tianzhu army!"
The emperor was stunned for a moment, then a look of great excitement appeared on his face, and he asked urgently: "Is it true?"
The Privy Councilor nodded and said, "This is an urgent report that I just received. Please have your Majesty take a look at it!" He handed over an official document with both hands. The emperor quickly took the official document, opened it, and read it again. He frowned slightly and murmured: "It just disrupted the Tianzhu Army's offensive! I thought the Tianzhu Army was repulsed!"
The Privy Councilor said: "With these ten thousand Ming troops entering Longwei Pass, there will be no critical situation at Longwei Pass in the short term. When the Ming army rushes to the front line, it will surely be able to contain the enemy's offensive." The emperor clicked. Nodding, I couldn't help but feel an indescribable feeling in my heart, which was a bit like being scratched. After much anticipation, the support from the Ming Army finally arrived, but it was like scratching the surface, not happy at all!
In the Tianzhu army's tent outside Longwei Pass, the commander of the Tianzhu army, Kshatriya, was pacing back and forth in the tent with a very annoyed look on his face; the generals stood on both sides, everyone looking depressed. Not long ago, the Tianzhu army stormed Longwei Pass like a tide. Seeing that the Dali army was about to collapse, Longwei Pass was about to be captured. But at this critical moment, the Ming Army suddenly appeared. This was not something that depressed them. They had already received intelligence and knew that the Ming army was on its way. Therefore, when the army attacked Longwei Pass, they were also prepared to deal with the enemy's surprise attack. Five troops were deployed on each side of the wings. Thousands of cavalry and thirty thousand infantry.
In the eyes of Tianzhu people, this arrangement can be said to be foolproof. However, what the people of Tianzhu couldn't believe was that 10,000 Ming Dynasty cavalry appeared in the northeast, and their own 5,000 cavalry fell to pieces in an instant under the charge of the opponent's cavalry. Then, a large army of 30,000 infantrymen on their own side fell into pieces. The formation also collapsed in front of the opponent's landslide and tsunami-like attack! The Indian soldiers from the Kshatriya level on down couldn't believe their eyes. They didn't believe it anyway, that ten thousand Ming Dynasty warriors could defeat their own thirty-five thousand cavalry in the blink of an eye!
Fortunately, the Kshatriya was a famous general in India. After a short period of shock, he came to his senses and immediately ordered all armies to stop attacking and ordered all the cavalry to fight. Ten thousand Ming Dynasty war cavalry and tens of thousands Tianzhu war cavalry were mixed together, and the sky was dark and the earth was dark. Seeing that it was difficult to defeat the enemy's cavalry, and the enemy's infantry was shrinking rapidly, and the opportunity to fight was gone, the Ming army gave up the attack, broke away from the battle with the Tianzhu cavalry, and went straight into Longwei Pass. There were thunderous cheers in Longwei Pass, and the Dali soldiers who had been in despair now regained their confidence. The Tianzhu army outside the city was demoralized after such a round of attacks by the Ming army, so they withdrew their troops and returned to the camp.
Kshatriya stopped and looked at the forward general Singer, whom he had previously blamed, and said: "I wrongly blamed you! The Ming army is really like a devil! They only had 10,000 warriors and they beat us several times. One hundred thousand troops are in a hurry!"
Singer sighed and said: "Although I don't want to admit it, these Ming armies are indeed too fierce!" He glanced at the Kshatriyas and said: "Generalissimo, we need to be more vigilant against the Ming army. !" Kshatriya nodded solemnly. Seeing everyone's brows furrowed and worried, knowing that the generals were overwhelmed by the powerful combat power of the Ming Army, they felt terrified. This situation would be very unfavorable for the next battle. So the Kshatriya said: "It is impossible for all Ming armies to be so powerful! The Ming army we encountered should be the most elite warriors among them! The number of these warriors is limited, so there is nothing to fear!" All the Tianzhu generals felt that The marshal made a lot of sense. The number of such Ming troops must be very small. The vast majority of the Ming troops are at best equivalent to their own combat effectiveness. At this thought, everyone couldn't help but feel relaxed, and they felt that the haze that was weighing on their hearts disappeared in an instant.
Kshatriya added: "We still have the 'God's Blade'! No matter how powerful the enemy is, they can't withstand the impact of the 'God's Blade'!" The eyes of all the generals lit up, and they felt that there was a 'God's Blade' , all enemies are not a problem at all!
Kshatriya said: "Today's battle situation actually doesn't mean anything at all. The enemy caught us by surprise. The next time we encounter them, they won't have such good luck!" The generals agreed one after another, and the crowd was furious. The fighting spirit that was knocked down by the Ming army's attack today seems to have been completely restored. A general shouted: "I hope the Ming army will arrive soon. We can annihilate them in one go, so that we can swallow the fat lamb of Dali in peace!" The generals followed suit. For a moment, it felt like these Tianzhu people didn't take the Ming Army seriously anymore? Oh, they are relying on their 'God's Blade'! They think they have the 'God's Blade' in their hands. No matter how powerful the enemy is or how many there are, they will all be wiped out in front of the 'God's Blade'!
Early the next morning, the Tianzhu army once again gathered heavy troops to attack Longwei Pass. The battle was very fierce. The Dali army was inspired by the Ming army and resisted with all their strength. However, the number of enemy troops was too much, one after another, like With the rising tide, Longweiguan is like a dam blocking the turbulent waves. It is frightening to face the turbulent waves.
The city gate suddenly opened, and the fierce general Huang Xin led nearly 10,000 warriors out of the city gate, and fiercely ran into the enemy troops who were attacking the city. They trampled them with iron hooves and hacked them with swords and guns. All they saw was blood and flesh flying everywhere. The Tianzhu soldiers were terrified. It rolled back like a tide.
Just when the Ming Dynasty warriors were about to kill, a high wall suddenly appeared in front of them. When the Ming Dynasty warriors reined in their horses and took a look, they found that there were thousands of huge war elephants arranged in a huge military formation, towering like a group of peaks, with majestic and breathtaking momentum. This Ming war cavalry has seen the war elephant troops of the Yue Li Dynasty. However, compared with the war elephant troops of Tianzhu, the war elephant troops of the Yue Li Dynasty pale into insignificance. If the war elephants of the Yue Li Dynasty are If it’s a cat, then Tianzhu’s war elephant is a huge leopard, which is totally different!
The Ming Dynasty's war cavalry, which was rising to kill, didn't care about the large number of them. With a shout, it actually charged towards the towering war elephant formation.
Rumbling drums sounded in the Tianzhu army, and thousands of war elephants screamed and roared, spreading their giant legs and charging toward the Ming Dynasty's war cavalry. The scene was really like mountains surging, the earth trembling, and smoke billowing. The Dali army on the distant city wall all looked pale and frightened to the extreme. Only the Yanyun army dared to charge in the face of such an enemy.
As the two sides approached, the Ming warriors raised their cavalry crossbows and fired. The arrows flew against the rolling dust waves. They saw many Tianzhu soldiers screaming and falling down on the elephant's back. They were submerged by the rolling dust waves and disappeared in an instant. . The driver of one war elephant was shot down. The driver's hand was still holding the reins. As a result, the elephant was pushed to one side and hit hard on the belly of another war elephant. The two war elephants fell together with a mournful cry. On the ground, it felt like two mountains collapsed, with a rumble! However, the Ming army's attacks basically failed to disrupt the charging momentum of the war elephant troops, and many war elephants rushed forward even more frantically after being shot in the flesh!
The two waves came together in an instant. Facing the huge war elephant, the Ming Dynasty warriors waved their spears and swords wildly. The spears pierced the belly of the war elephants, and the swords slashed the giant legs of the war elephants. The war elephants screamed and fell to the ground. The ground threw the Tianzhu soldiers off their backs; the frantic war elephant rushed towards the Ming Dynasty's war cavalry. With a strike of its fangs, the Ming Dynasty war cavalry was thrown away, including the man and the horse. With a kick from its giant leg, the war horse Unable to bear it any longer, he screamed and fell out, and the knight on horseback flew far away! The scene was filled with smoke and dust, and the sound of killing was loud, and the fighting was very fierce!
Huang Xin saw that he could not withstand the ferocious attack of the war elephants. In just a moment, his own war cavalry had already suffered heavy losses. He immediately gave the order and led the war cavalry to break away from the Tianzhu war elephant troops and run towards the city gate. The Tianzhu war elephant troops were very capable of killing and pursued them relentlessly. The war elephants' howling screams resounded through the sky, shocking everyone!
Yan Yun's war horse ran to the city gate, turned his horse's head, and saw the enemy war elephant troops coming like a tidal wave. Huang Xin shouted loudly: "Prepare the thunder and fire oil cans!" The soldiers immediately took out the fire starter, lit a torch, inserted it on the side of the saddle, and then each took out the thunder or fire oil cans from the saddle bags. Huang Xin had already expected that he might face the enemy's war elephant troops before leading the war cavalry to attack, so each war cavalry was equipped with weapons such as thunder and fire oil tanks.
Seeing that his men were ready, Huang Xin immediately raised his long sword and swung it forward, shouting: "Kill!" The Ming Dynasty War Cavalry roared loudly, urging the horses to rush out. The Dali Army soldiers on the city wall and the Tianzhu soldiers in the distance couldn't help but feel shocked when they saw the Ming Dynasty war cavalry charging against the terrifying war elephant formation again, and a feeling of awe couldn't help but surge into their hearts! Regardless of whether the Ming Dynasty war cavalry can defeat the war elephant troops in the end, their fearless spirit of risking life and death alone is awe-inspiring!
The torrent of Ming Dynasty war cavalry rushed towards the enemy's war elephant troops, which were like rolling mountains. The war elephants seemed to be excited, and they kept shouting loudly, resounding throughout the world. The drivers on the backs of the war elephants desperately drove the war elephants away. Like an elephant, the soldiers responsible for the attack screamed strangely while raising their weapons.
As the two sides approached, the Ming war cavalry lit up the fire oil cans or thunderbolts in their hands and threw them at the oncoming enemy war elephant troops. In an instant, the violent explosion drowned out the roar of the war elephants, the smoke and dust billowed, and the flames rolled. The enemy's war elephant troops seemed to be completely submerged in the flames and smoke. However, in an instant, countless scarred and completely crazy war elephants rushed out of the flames and smoke billowing in the sky, and rushed towards the Ming Dynasty war horse! Huang Xin and others were shocked when they saw such a scene. They didn't think about what was going on and hurriedly waved their weapons to meet them. The frantic war elephant roared and rushed forward among the Ming Dynasty warriors. The Ming warriors turned on their backs and were unable to resist! Seeing that the situation was not good, Huang Xin immediately ordered and led the Ming Dynasty war cavalry to break away from the battle and retreat into Longwei Pass.
When the soldiers of Tianzhu saw that their war elephant troops had defeated the Ming Dynasty's war cavalry, they were inexplicably excited. They shouted one after another, and their morale was greatly boosted.
The Kshatriya immediately ordered the war elephant troops to retreat, and then ordered the assault troops to continue the attack.
The Tianzhu army surged towards Longweiguan like a wave, and the siege battle began again.
Huang Xin led the war cavalry to retreat into Longwei Pass. He immediately counted the number of his men and found that there were less than 6,000 men left. He felt depressed and annoyed. At the same time, he also felt puzzled. He did not understand the war elephant Lian Huo of the Yue Li Dynasty. They are all afraid, why is it that the war elephants of the Tianzhu people are not only not afraid of fire, but are not even afraid of the loud noise of thunder! It turns out that the Tianzhu people have always relied on war elephants to fight. Over thousands of years, their enemies would naturally think of using fire or loud noises to deal with war elephants. After the Tianzhu people suffered heavy losses, they did not give up on the war elephants. , but further train the war elephants, using loud noises and fire to train the war elephants. Over time, although the Tianzhu people's war elephants will go crazy due to the loud noises of fire, they are still controllable. On the contrary, the loud noises of fire will make them more crazy! Therefore, the thunderbolts and fire oil cans thrown by the Yanyun warriors just now not only failed to scare away the Tianzhu war elephants, but instead aroused their ferocity, making them irresistible.
The morale-boosted Tianzhu soldiers continued to attack fiercely, but the Dali soldiers gradually felt unable to resist, and their morale gradually dissipated. By afternoon, the Tianzhu army had opened several gaps in the city wall, and the Dali soldiers began to rout. At this moment, Huang Xin had no choice but to lead his warriors to abandon their horses and go up to the city wall to fight on foot. The Tianzhu soldiers were far less powerful than their war elephants. Under the fierce counterattack of the Ming Dynasty soldiers, they gradually lost control of the city wall. They were controlled by the fierce Ming army. The Dali soldiers were inspired by the Ming soldiers and mustered up the courage to fight back violently. In the end, they cooperated with the Ming army and annihilated the Tianzhu army that attacked the city.
The Tianzhu Army's offensive paused, and then launched another attack. However, because the Ming army helped the Dali army defend the city, the Tianzhu army was never able to break through the city defenses. Seeing that the sun was about to set, the Kshatriyas saw that their soldiers had exhausted their energy, so they had to order a temporary withdrawal. Amidst the sound of drums, the Tianzhu army receded like an ebbing tide. The garrison officers and soldiers on the city couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief when they saw that the Tianzhu army had retreated. The originally noisy and fierce battlefield suddenly became quiet. There were mountains of corpses under the city wall, and there were also piles of corpses on top of the city wall. Although the Tianzhu army suffered heavy losses, the defenders also paid a heavy price. On the top of the city, some Dali soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, while more defenders were sitting there silently.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
