When the Kshatriya saw Duan Zhichun coming, he laughed and said excitedly: "General Duan, I have some good news to tell you!" Duan Zhichun asked curiously: "I wonder what good news there is?"
Kshatriya smiled and said: "Just now, an envoy from Dali came. The nobles of Dali are willing to cooperate with me, the Great Tianzhu, to help us defeat the evil Ming army!"
Duan Zhichun couldn't help but feel happy when he heard this, and then thought: "The Ming Dynasty's predatory land policy is unacceptable to most traditional nobles in any case! It is reasonable for these nobles to oppose them Among them. But..." Having said this, he clasped his fists towards the Kshatriyas and said: "Generalissimo, it is reasonable for those nobles to try to resist the persecution of the Ming Dynasty, but you must be careful whether they are people from the Ming Dynasty. What a trick!"
Kshatriya said: "I called you here just to help me identify it." Then he picked up the four letters on the handsome case and handed them to Duan Zhichun, saying: "There are four letters here said to be from four big noble families. It’s a letter written by the head of the family, please come and see if there’s anything wrong with it.”
Duan Zhichun bowed forward, received the four letters, opened the envelopes respectively, took out the letter paper, and started reading. The four letters all expressed their allegiance to Tianzhu. The humble words made Duan Zhichun frown slightly. However, thinking that he was also serving the people of Tianzhu now, he couldn't help but sigh secretly. Duan Zhichun was very familiar with the handwriting of the four letters and the tone of speech in them. He thought of the four people who had close contact with each other in the past. However, when he looked at the signatures of the four letters, he saw that they were all signed by names he had never heard of before. . Seeing this, Duan Zhichun felt clear in his heart, knowing that although the four men were determined to defect to Tianzhu, they still left a way out for themselves, lest the Tianzhu army be defeated and their move to defect to Tianzhu would be known to the Ming Dynasty.
Seeing that Duan Zhichun had finished reading the letters, Kshatriya asked: "How is it? Are there any problems with these four letters?"
Duan Zhichun respectfully put the four letters back on the desk, clasped his fists and said: "There is nothing wrong with these four letters. This letter is indeed from the head of the four great nobles. I have a close relationship with them. I have no respect for their handwriting and words." They know each other very well, and there is no doubt that these four letters are in their own handwriting.”
The Kshatriya nodded happily.
Duan Zhichun raised his eyes and glanced at the Kshatriya, and said: "Generalissimo, these people may be able to play some role when the Tianzhu army captures Dali City, but they may not be of much use now." Kshatriya frowned and nodded. He murmured with some annoyance: "Fengyu County, the terrain is too dangerous! I have to go around here and attack across the sea from the Erhai Lake!" In the past few days, the Kshatriyas and others racked their brains to think of something. They came up with a way to attack Fengyu County, but after much deliberation, they could not think of a good way. Finally, the Kshatriya thought of simply bypassing the steep Diancang Mountain in the west and launching an attack from the Erhai Lake in the east. Although a cross-sea attack was not It's easy, but it's much easier than attacking the dangerous Fengyu County! At least there is no need to raise one's head to attack the city high above. The army can be divided into several groups to attack across the sea, which will surely make the Ming army focus on one thing and miss another!
Kshatriya said to Duan Zhichun: "I have decided to use one force to contain the enemy here. The main force will go around from the north and cross the Erhai Lake from the east to directly attack Dali City!" Duan Zhichun nodded and praised: "The Generalissimo is wise!"
Kshatriya said: "Now I have an important task for you to do!"
Duan Zhichun clasped his fists and said, "Please give me your orders, Generalissimo!"
Kshatriya said: "To attack across the sea, a large number of ships are needed. There must be many ships in the Erhai Lake. You are the general of Dali and a member of the royal family. It is up to you to lead your troops as a vanguard to the east of the Erhai Lake. , stand in front of the army and raise ships." Duan Zhichun agreed and hurried down.
Immediately afterwards, Kshatriya issued an order to his generals, ordering General Singer to lead an army of 200,000 to stay at the camp at the foot of Diancang Mountain. He himself led an army of nearly 400,000 to break camp and set off, bypassing the north of Diancang Mountain and heading to the east of Erhai Lake. shore. At the same time, Duan Zhichun had already left the camp and rushed to Ningbeiyan, which is today's Eryuan County. Duan Zhichun's 30,000 defeated soldiers were currently stationed in Ningbeiyan.
Duan Zhichun rushed to Ningbeiyan and immediately issued an order to leave 5,000 troops to guard the city, and then led the rest of the troops to march towards the east coast of Erhai Lake.
Two days later, 25,000 soldiers and horses arrived on the east coast of Erhai Lake. The east coast of Erhai Lake is full of green grass and rippling blue waves, creating a wonderful summer scenery.
Duan Zhichun couldn't care less about enjoying the scenery, so he immediately ordered 10,000 soldiers and horses to camp on the shore of Erhai Lake. At the same time, he ordered the remaining soldiers and horses to be divided into ten teams and march along the Erhai coast.
Search for boats and boatmen along the Erhai coast and the surrounding river branches. That night, the soldiers and horses sent out reported nothing, but nothing was gained. Some got two or three small fishing boats, and some came back empty-handed. Duan Zhichun asked the reason, and a general said: "According to the people we captured, the Ming Army sent troops before and moved all the ships and boatmen to the west bank. There are no ships at all on the east bank. ." Several other generals nodded.
Duan Zhichun frowned and said, "It seems that Shi Liancheng has expected this move a long time ago!"
A general clasped his fists and asked, "General, what should we do now?"
Duan Zhichun said angrily; "What else can we do? Since we don't have a ship, we have to build one temporarily. Fortunately, our army has no shortage of carpenters and shipwrights, and there is endless supply of wood in the surrounding forests! We immediately Get started and make the rafts!" Then he ordered the herald to report the situation here to the Kshatriyas, and then ordered the army officers to cut down the trees and set up a temporary workshop on the shore of the Erhai coast to make the rafts.
At night, a scout on horseback galloped outside the city gate, reined in his horse violently, raised his command flag high, and shouted: "The Ming Dynasty's eagles are rising!" This was the incision used by the Ming Dynasty army to identify themselves these days. Upon hearing this, the captain on the city gate tower immediately ordered the city gate to be opened. The city gate opened wide, and the scouts immediately waved their whips and galloped in, running straight towards Shi Liancheng's camp.
Shi Liancheng was telling the generals about the specific details of the attack. After understanding the instructions, he asked, "Are everything clear?" The generals nodded. Shi Liancheng said: "Very good! You go down immediately and prepare, and leave for Longwei Pass early tomorrow morning!" The generals clasped their fists in agreement and filed out. At this moment, the scout hurried into the hall, clasped his fists and bowed to Shi Liancheng: "General, enemy troops have appeared on the west bank of Erhai Lake." Shi Liancheng frowned and ran out of the camp immediately.
After a while, Shi Liancheng boarded the east city gate tower and looked eastward. He saw the vast Erhai Lake shimmering under the moonlight, and the sky on the other side of the Erhai Lake was dotted with lights. It was obvious that many soldiers and horses were stationed.
Shi Liancheng frowned and cursed: "Damn it! The thing you were most worried about happened after all!" He turned to the scout and asked, "Whose soldiers and horses are they?" The scout replied, "They are Duan Zhichun's more than 20,000 rebels!" Now the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have regarded Dali as the land of the Ming Dynasty. Duan Zhichun and his officers and soldiers are Dali people but serve foreigners, so they are naturally rebels.
Shi Liancheng frowned even more when he heard that it was Duan Zhichun, because since Duan Zhichun appeared there, it meant that the main force of the Tianzhu people would most likely move to the east coast of Erhai Lake. This is what Shi Liancheng is most worried about. Once the Tianzhu army appears on the east coast and gets enough boats and rafts, it will not be easy to defend the Erhai Lake. I'm afraid that the previously designated plan must be changed, otherwise it will be impossible to withstand the cross-sea attack of the Tianzhu army with the previous arrangement.
However, Shi Liancheng did not intend to completely change the previously designated plan, because he had already transferred all the boats and rafts from the east coast to the west coast. They were now starting to rush the production. It would be almost impossible without more than ten days, except for In addition, Shi Liancheng had already made a plan for the worst case scenario in advance, and this plan must also be able to delay the enemy for some time. Shi Liancheng said to a soldier beside him: "Call General Xingfang to me immediately." The soldier promised, ran down, and soon led Xingfang back.
Xingfang clasped his fists and said, "The general has summoned me. What are your orders?"
Shi Liancheng pointed to the east coast of Erhai Lake in the distance and said: "Look over there." Xingfang looked in the direction of Shi Liancheng's finger and saw sparks on the east coast of Erhai Lake. He couldn't help being surprised and said: "An enemy has arrived. East Coast?!”
Shi Liancheng said: "They are Duan Zhichun's rebels. I judge that the main force of the Tianzhu people will arrive soon." Xingfang frowned and said: "I didn't expect that the worst situation expected by the general finally happened!"
Shi Liancheng said nonchalantly: "Why does God want to be against us? It's nothing!" He turned to Xingfang and said: "If all the troops are transferred away, this place will be too empty, and I will leave the Dali Army behind. We can’t rest assured, so I want you to lead 30,000 soldiers under your command to stay in the city and guard against the enemy’s cross-sea attack!”
Xingfang frowned and said: "It is already a very risky move to counterattack Bagan's nearly 500,000 troops with 270,000 troops. If we reduce the main force by 30,000 to only 240,000, this battle will probably be even more difficult!"
Shi Liancheng waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter! As long as our elite can break through the enemy's defensive line at the beginning of the war, the rest of the battle will be easy to fight! Therefore, there are 30,000 more troops and 30,000 less troops. , It doesn’t have much impact! That’s it! Remember, if the Tianzhu people forcefully cross the Erhai Sea while our army is still fighting fiercely with the Bagan people, you can ask Fengyu County to send troops to support! "Xingfang clasped his fists and promised. Shi Liancheng said excitedly: "The enemy is very strong, let's see who wins in the end!" Hearing this, Xing Fang couldn't help but feel endless pride in his heart. For the Ming Dynasty, powerful enemies do not scare them, but instead arouse their endless desire to fight!
The military situation was urgent and there could be no delay. Shi Liancheng ordered all armies to start taking action as soon as they were ready. In the early morning, various armies headed towards Longwei Pass. The residents of Dali City vaguely heard the continuous thunderous sound in the early morning, and it stopped after more than an hour.
One of Mo Haotian's cronies hurried into Mo Haotian's bedroom in the early morning, woke up Mo Haotian, and reported to Mo Haotian: "Sir, our spy just discovered that all armies of the Ming Dynasty are heading south. Now, only Si Xingfang and his 30,000 soldiers and horses are left in the city."
Mo Haotian frowned, keenly aware that the Ming army was making big moves. He immediately jumped off the bed, picked up a robe and put it on, walked to the map, and his confidant lit the oil lamp on the table and brought it over.
Mo Haotian looked at Longwei Pass on the map, frowned, and murmured to himself: "To the south, that should be Longwei Pass. What does the Ming army want to do? The Bagan people are currently attacking Longwei Pass. Is it possible? , Could it be that Shi Liancheng wants to repeat his old trick and defeat the Bagan army in one fell swoop?" At this point, Yan Nian felt unbelievable, "This is impossible! The last time Bagan had only 200,000 troops, the Ming Dynasty had nearly 300,000 troops. A horse attack can be successful! But now that Bagan has an army of 500,000, and the Ming Dynasty wants to defend Tianzhu, it can only mobilize even fewer soldiers and horses, probably only about 200,000. A hundred thousand troops, this, this is simply a fantasy! Could it be that Shi Liancheng mobilized like this just to resist the Bagan attack? No, the threat from the Tianzhu people is obviously greater than the Bagan people. How could Shi Liancheng mobilize the main force? To guard against the Bagan people?" Mo Haotian thought about it, but still couldn't figure out Shi Liancheng's intention of making such a move, and murmured: "Should we inform the Bagan people of this situation?"
I thought it would be better to inform me, so I went back to the desk and sat down. Seeing this, his confidant knew that he was going to write a letter, so he immediately came over and lit the lantern on the desk.
Mo Haotian wrote a letter, sealed it, called a subordinate, handed the letter to him, and ordered him to immediately take the letter with him, secretly cross the Erhai Lake, and deliver the letter to the people of Bagan. The men agreed and hurried away.
Mo Haotian stood up, returned to the map, and started thinking again.
The confidant who came to report the news said: "Sir, there is another situation." Mo Haotian hummed. The confidant said: "My subordinates just saw sparks on the east coast of Erhai Lake from a high place in the city. It seems that a large army is stationed there."
Mo Haotian was stunned, looked at his confidant, frowned and said, "Has an army arrived on the east coast of Erhai Lake?" The confidant nodded.
"Whose army is it?"
The confidant shook his head and said, "I don't know about that."
Mo Haotian's eyes returned to the map and landed on the east coast of Erhai Lake. He murmured: "The Tianzhu army plus the Bagan army exceeds one million. The Ming army will not send an army to station in that unsafe area." A place that can be defended. If you do that, wouldn't it be like a meat bun beating a dog? It's useless!" His heart moved, "Yes, it must not be the Ming Army, it should be the Tianzhu Army or the Bagan Army. One of the two sides wants to Cross the sea and attack Dali City directly!" At this point, Yan Nian thought that this was the case, but he had no way of judging which side the army on the east coast of Erhai Lake belonged to at this time, but no matter which side it was, the strategy of crossing the sea and attacking must be certain. It’s wonderful! Although he doesn't understand military affairs, he can still see that this strategy avoids the dangerous terrain, and the advantages of numerous soldiers and horses can be fully utilized! Mo Haotian couldn't help but smile, feeling that those stupid barbarians had finally used their brains.
At this moment, hurried footsteps were heard at the door, and a tired subordinate ran behind Mo Haotian, cupping his fists and saying, "Sir, this subordinate came from Bianliang."
Mo Haotian's heart moved, he turned around, glanced at the person, nodded, and said: "I remember you, you followed Yang Tai to lurk in Bianliang. What happened to Bianliang?" His heart moved, and he frowned. Asked: "Isn't something happened to Yang Tai?"
The visitor hurriedly said: "Everyone is fine, sir, don't worry. I'm here under Yang Tai's order, and I have important information to report to you."
Mo Haotian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard that everyone lurking in Bianliang was fine. He also heard that he had important information, so he asked, "What important information?"
The visitor said: "We got information through informants. Yang Peng has ordered an urgent mobilization of 400,000 civilian troops to come to Dali!..." Mo Haotian was shocked when he heard this and asked anxiously: "Is this true? "The visitor nodded with certainty and said: "The information is absolutely accurate! And when the villain came, he also saw this army on the official road in Sichuan. It is really continuous!"
Mo Haotian frowned and said: "No, no! Four hundred thousand Ming army! Four hundred thousand! Once this army comes, I'm afraid, I'm afraid the entire battlefield situation will be reversed in an instant!" Although Mo Haotian doesn't know much about military affairs, he subconsciously I feel that the Ming army here plus 400,000 Ming troops can defeat the million-strong coalition army of Tianzhu and Bagan!
The visitor hurriedly said: "Young master is wrong. The people who are coming are not the 400,000 Ming army, but the 400,000 people's army!"
Mo Haotian was stunned, "People's Army? What do you mean? Is it the Army Army?"
The visitor said: "It's not the Junfu army. According to the information we got, the Junfu army stayed in the local defense. These 400,000 people are the conscripted people, but they have all undergone a certain degree of military training before."
Mo Haotian understood, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, and scolded with a smile: "I was almost scared to death by you!" Then he frowned and said: "Even if there is an army of 400,000 people, we can't ignore it!"
The confidant quickly asked: "Sir, do you want to inform the people of Tianzhu and Bagan immediately about this situation?"
The visitor quickly said: "Yang Peng not only mobilized these 400,000 troops, but it is said that he also mobilized 100,000 direct troops to go south!" Mo Haotian and his cronies were surprised. The confidants looked fearful and said: "The direct army is so powerful! It is the real essence of the Ming Army! Since its formation, it has been invincible in the world! It can be said to be a strong and sharp brigade that is undefeated in a hundred battles!" Mo Haotian glared and said: " There is no need to say more about these situations!" The confidant then realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly closed his mouth. Then he asked: "Sir, do you want to inform the people of Tianzhu and Bagan about these situations?"
Mo Haotian hesitated for a moment, shook his head slowly, and said: "Don't do it just yet. It would be bad if they knew the news and became timid! Wait a moment, wait until the time is almost up, and then tell them no. It’s too late. It’s best for people from Tianzhu and Bagan to join forces with the Ming army to fight him in Dali until the sky is dark and the earth is dark. Both sides will suffer!”
On the east coast of Erhai Lake, the Tianzhu army has not yet arrived, and the soldiers under Duan Zhichun are busy at the beach. Logs were continuously transported into the military camp. In the military camp, wooden boards were planed and assembled. Duan Zhichun did not intend to make any exquisite ship, but just spliced wood into a huge raft. Several rafts that have been made are floating on the water next to them. They are really huge, with a side length of about thirty meters. Such a huge raft floats on the water, and people standing on it feel as if they are walking on flat ground, and can fully exert their combat effectiveness.
Duan Zhichun inspected the busy construction site with a very satisfied look on his face.
There was a faint roar in my ears. Duan Zhichun's heart moved, he raised his head and looked at the sound. I saw a cavalry force of thousands of people rushing from the northwest. Duan Zhichun couldn't help but feel happy and murmured: "They came so fast, faster than I expected! I thought they would arrive later!"
I saw thousands of warriors rushing towards me at extremely fast speeds, like a black cloud floating rapidly.
Duan Zhichun's heart suddenly moved, and he said strangely: "Strange, why, why do the Tianzhu people have such fast cavalry? And the momentum makes people feel chilled!"
With a horrified look on his face, he shouted loudly: "No! It's the enemy!" He found that the enemy troops coming like black clouds were extremely powerful and powerful, far beyond the ability of the Tianzhu people, and their horses and costumes were also completely different. They didn't look like Tianzhu people, but more like the Ming Dynasty army. When he saw this, he suddenly realized that the thousands of cavalry rushing towards him were definitely not the Tianzhu army, but the enemy, the Ming Dynasty war cavalry! However, the Ming Dynasty war cavalry was completely different from the Ming Dynasty war cavalry he had seen before!
Duan Zhichun hurriedly shouted to the generals around him: "Sound the alarm, prepare to fight!" Several generals reacted and ran down quickly. In an instant, the alarm bells sounded loudly, and Duan Zhichun's soldiers threw Stopped the work at hand, picked up weapons, and prepared to fight.
However, the black cavalry came too fast. Before everyone was ready, the black cloud-like war cavalry rushed into the camp. Like tigers entering a flock of sheep, the corpses of Duan Zhichun's soldiers were killed and their bodies were covered with blood. There were screams and the whole camp was in chaos. Many of Duan Zhichun's soldiers abandoned their helmets and armor and ran for their lives; some of Duan Zhichun's trusted generals The soldiers were organized to fight back, but the attack of the black cavalry was incredibly sharp. They were seen sweeping past like a strong wind. Under the flickering cold light, only flesh and blood were flying everywhere. Duan Zhichunjun who fought back was killed in an instant. It's all in disarray! Duan Zhichun's army officers were terrified. They felt that these black cloud-like warriors did not look like humans at all. They were simply demons that came to the world from the underworld!
Although the strength of Duan Zhichun's army was ten times that of the opponent, they were killed so badly that they fled one after another. They were in a very unfavorable situation and were about to be unable to withstand the charge of the black cavalry. Duan Zhichun anxiously saw that those terrifying black warriors were led by a fierce general. He immediately thought of capturing the thief first and captured the king first. He immediately pointed at the man who was killing everyone among his own soldiers. The enemy general shouted: "Kill that enemy general!" The generals around him looked in the direction of Duan Zhichun's finger, saw the fierce enemy general, and immediately shouted and urged their horses to charge forward.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
