General Hao Long frowned and said, "How come it's so fast? It's five days faster than we previously expected!"
Xing Fang said: "It doesn't matter what the reason is now!" He glanced at the generals and said, "Since the enemy is about to attack, we must be ready to fight!" The generals clasped their fists in agreement.
Xingfang turned to the two heralds and said, "You two, immediately report the situation here to the general and General Huyan Bixian of Fengyu County!" The two heralds clasped their fists in agreement and hurried down.
Hao Long frowned and said, "I wonder what the situation is like with the general?"
Xingfang thought: "There is no news, so the enemy must not have been defeated yet!" He looked at Hao Long and said: "Don't think about the general, we just risk our lives to defend Dali City! If God doesn't change it, "Eye, at worst we all die in this battle in Dali City, that would be a worthy death!" When the generals heard this, their blood boiled.
Half a day later, the sun was blazing in the sky, the waves of Erhai Lake were sparkling and brilliant, and the whole land was bright. The sentry vaguely seemed to see many objects on the water. After taking a closer look, his face changed drastically, and he immediately turned around and shouted: "The enemy is coming! The enemy is coming!" The resting soldiers were startled, and they rushed to the wall and looked towards the sea, only to see the waves. On the sparkling water, there is a large area of dense blackness, approaching here. The expressions of the soldiers changed, and a school lieutenant shouted at the top of his lungs: "Blow the battle horn quickly!" Upon hearing this, the sentry immediately picked up the horn and blew it loudly.
When the Ming Dynasty soldiers on the city wall heard the sound of the horn, they all entered the fighting position and stood ready. The party hurried to the city gate tower and looked towards the Erhai Sea. At this time, the enemy army was only ten miles away from Dali City at most. They saw the enemy army riding on huge wooden rafts. The rafts were connected. The figures on the rafts were longing, as if they were bounding the Erhai Lake. It's all covered up!
Xingfang frowned, turned around and shouted from the ordering soldier: "Order the Dali navy to attack!"
The messenger kept his promise and immediately raised the signal flag. The Dali navy waiting in the dock on the left side of the city saw the signal flag raised on the city gate tower and immediately attacked. Two to three thousand sailors and more than a hundred warships rushed towards the enemy's large force crossing the sea from the side. From a distance, it looked like a few thin lines approaching a large piece of black cloth.
In an instant, the sound of killing came from afar! The Tianzhu army stood on a huge raft, as if they were walking on flat ground. The crossbowmen fired waves of arrows at the Dali navy that rushed over. Before the Dali navy even got close to them, they were already suffering heavy casualties! The Dali navy was so frightened that they did not dare to fight anymore, so they turned around and fled back in a hurry.
When Xingfang saw that the Dali navy's attack failed to even delay the enemy, he couldn't help but look annoyed and cursed: "What a bunch of trash!"
Soon after, the Tianzhu army arrived at the shore. The armies came ashore one after another and formed battle formations. The shouts came from time to time. It was really amazing!
At this moment, the east city gate suddenly opened wide, and Si Xingfang, lightly armored, led the defenders out and launched a fierce counterattack against the Tianzhu army that was landing. The Tianzhu soldiers received intelligence and knew that there were only 20,000 to 30,000 defenders in Dali City. They originally thought that they would never dare to go out of the city to fight, but now they saw them all coming out to launch a counterattack. They were very surprised and felt a little nervous for a moment. At a loss.
The Ming army fiercely crashed into the middle of the Tianzhu people and rushed to kill them. The Tianzhu soldiers were killed until their corpses were covered in blood and they were dizzy. In an instant, the Tianzhu people couldn't hold on any longer, and no one knew who was taking the lead. In the blink of an eye, the Tianzhu people who landed on the shore were swept back like the ebbing tide. Countless people fell into the water, and many of them couldn't swim. , floating up and down in the water, screaming loudly, and this part of the water seemed to be boiling.
Seeing that the situation was favorable, Xingfang was ready to take the opportunity to kill these Tianzhu people. However, at this moment, a rapid sound of gongs suddenly came from behind.
The party and others were surprised when they suddenly heard the sound of gongs. They quickly looked back and saw that a red signal rocket representing the most urgent situation was rising on the top of the city. In a city defense battle, it often means that the enemy has attacked. It means entering the city. The party was so shocked that they didn't think about it carefully and quickly led the army to give up chasing the defeated army and hurried towards the city.
When they arrived at the city gate, they were shocked to see countless civilian-looking guys holding weapons and fighting with the sergeants guarding the city gate. Although those guys had limited combat power, their number was dozens of times that of the defenders. During the melee, the defenders The military situation is already very unfavorable!
Xingfang was greatly annoyed and rushed into the enemy thicket first. He waved his sword with all his strength and killed the enemies until their flesh and blood flew everywhere and they fell down one after another. The soldiers of the army swarmed in, charging and killing fiercely, and defeated the enemy in one fell swoop. The enemy was obviously not an elite force. When they saw that the situation was not good, they screamed and ran in all directions, and the scene was chaotic. The Ming army chased them one after another, killing them until their corpses were strewn in the streets and ditches were filled with blood! In the end, most of these people were killed, some of the rest were captured, and others fled into the streets of Dali City and disappeared without a trace.
General Hao Long rushed to the front line and said with an annoyed look on his face: "I don't know where these people came from, but they all disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye!"
Xing Fang said: "Bring up some of the captured prisoners." Hao Long promised and ran down. After a while, he led a dozen soldiers and five or six prisoners to the front of Si Xing. Hao Long shouted at the prisoners: "Kneel down!" The prisoners were shocked, and felt their knees weaken, and they couldn't help but kneel down. Everyone lowered their heads, looking frightened and at a loss.
Si Xingfang shouted: "Say! Who are you?"
Several people looked at each other but remained silent.
Xingfang was furious, pointed at the two prisoners on the left, and shouted: "Cut them both!" The soldier standing behind the two men immediately raised his knife and dropped it. With a click, the two heads rolled down. The headless corpse fell to the ground, blood gushing out! The other three prisoners were frightened to death when they saw that the other party was willing to kill someone. They kowtowed and begged for mercy. One of them saw his crotch soaked with urine, and the smell of urine filled the air.
Xing Fang said: "If you want to survive, tell the truth!" The three of them hurriedly said: "Tell the truth, you must tell the truth!"
Si Xingfang asked: "Who are you?"
The three people rushed to say: "I am Master Duan (Master Cheng)'s domestic slave."
Xingfang frowned and said angrily: "Master Duan, Master Cheng! Say your name!"
One prisoner said hurriedly: "Master Duan is Duan Hongming!" Another prisoner said quickly: "Master Cheng is Cheng He!"
Si Xingfang naturally knew these two people. They were both one of the largest nobles in Dali. He originally thought they were quite honest, but he didn't expect that they would suddenly play such a trick! Si Xingfang couldn't help being very angry and asked: "Besides the two of them, who else is participating?" A prisoner rushed to say: "There are also Bai Nong and Xiao Wa!" Another prisoner said: "There is also a person named Haotian, we have never met him, we don't know who he is!"
Xingfang cursed, "Okay! All the four nobles of Dali have joined in!"
Hao Long asked in a low voice: "General, what should I do?"
Xingfang raised his thick eyebrows, "What to do? If you dare to rebel, I will destroy them! You, immediately lead your troops to capture these four nobles at the same time!" Hao Long was taken aback and said: "General, your Majesty once ordered We want to ensure the stability of Dali society as much as possible, and the four nobles have been robbed. This, I am afraid, will cause the entire Dali society to be violently shaken!"
Xingfang said angrily: "As a general guarding Dali City, I have the right to make decisions at the moment. I will do it immediately! If Your Majesty is blamed, I will bear the blame, so what are you afraid of?"
Hao Long clasped his fists in agreement and ran down.
Soon after, the mansions of the four nobles in Dali City were invaded by the Ming army, which looked like wolves and tigers. There were loud cries and screams.
Seeing that the Tianzhu army had crossed the sea, the four nobles thought that the overall situation was decided. Then they saw the Ming army coming out in full force, and they thought that an opportunity had come. As a result, the four nobles couldn't wait to launch a rebellion in the city, trying to seize the city in one fell swoop as a tribute to the Tianzhu people. However, he did not expect that although there were only a few hundred Ming troops left in the city, their combat power was unexpectedly strong. The eight thousand rebels attacked for a long time and suffered heavy losses but still failed to achieve a decisive victory. As a result, the Ming army rushed back in time and defeated the rebels like autumn leaves.
The four nobles were originally waiting for good news at home, but they received bad news. Shocked, they all prepared to flee. At this moment, the front door and the back door were knocked open together, and the Ming army surged in like wolves and tigers, and all the four nobles became turtles in the jar! But one person slipped through the cracks, the mysterious Haotian. Now that the Tianzhu army is crossing the sea, the party has no time to worry about Haotian, so the matter is temporarily put aside.
The Tianzhu people originally thought that the enemy had few defenders and that it would be easy to cross the sea. However, they did not expect that the enemy dared to launch a counterattack. Caught off guard, the Tianzhu people suffered heavy losses and the first sea-crossing operation failed. Fortunately, the rafts were not damaged and they returned with the defeated soldiers. Looking at the defeated soldiers in front of him, the Kshatriya could not help but feel furious and humiliated. Duan Zhichun and others felt quite a bit gloating in their hearts, but they just didn't dare to show it.
Immediately, the Kshatriya ordered the rafts to be divided into two teams, carrying 70,000 troops respectively to the north and south of Dali City. The Tianzhu people learned a lesson from their mistakes. Seeing that it was difficult to land directly near Dali City, they decided to avoid the defensive front of the Ming army and land from the north and south far away from Dali City. The people of Tianzhu had a wishful thinking, thinking that if the Ming army repeated its old tricks, they would only be able to defend against it. If they divided their troops into two groups, they would be weak in strength. If they divided their troops, it would be easier to deal with them. In short, no matter what the Ming army planned, it was impossible to defend it.
After receiving the report, the party rushed to the south city gate. I saw that thousands of people had gathered near the city gate, it was dark and they were clamoring to leave the city. Xingfang was very angry and felt that the current situation was serious, but these ordinary people came to join in the fun.
The captain next to him said: "I heard that the West City Gate and the North City Gate are also like this. When these people heard that the Tianzhu army was coming, they were so scared that they wanted to escape from the city. General, how should we deal with this matter?" "
Xingfang waved his hand, "Open the city gate and let them out!"
Hearing the words with a smile, Bao Bao promised, and immediately issued the order. The sergeant who originally stopped the people moved aside, and then the city gate was opened. The people were overjoyed when they saw the city gate opened, and rushed out of the city with their families in tow. After all the people were released from the city, the city gate was closed again. At this time, Xingfang definitely didn't know that among the people he released, there was Haotian who was colluding with the four nobles. In fact, at this moment, Xingfang no longer cares about Haotian, his mind is entirely on how to resist the Tianzhu people's attack.
Scouts continued to rush into the city to report the movements of the Tianzhu army. Tianzhu's 150,000-strong army was divided into two groups and headed towards the north and south of Dali City. Si Xingfang felt that he could not fight back this time like he did last time, so he just sent scouts to monitor the enemy's every move, and at the same time closed the city gates and placed tight alert.
Mo Haotian and others fled into a dilapidated farmhouse outside the city. Several people sat down at a wooden table, and Mo Haotian laughed and said: "I was worried about not being able to escape from the city, but I didn't expect that the Ming Army actually opened the city gate on its own!" Several close friends also looked very happy. . The tall confidant said: "Sir, the Tianzhu people are coming. Do you want to inform them of the upcoming arrival of the Ming People's Army?"
Mo Haotian waved his hand, "This is not the time. Seeing that the Tianzhu people are about to attack Dali City, if I go to tell them the news at this time, won't it make a good situation fall short in an instant?"
The tall confidant said with some worry; "I'm afraid that the Ming army will suddenly arrive and attack the camp of the Tianzhu people on the east bank. The Tianzhu people will be caught off guard and they may be defeated!"
The short and fat confidant next to him said: "Don't worry too much about this! The Tianzhu people will never be so careless that they don't even send scouts. They will discover the Ming people's army in time! As for the big defeat, haha, I think that is Impossible! Don’t forget, those 400,000 are just temporary militia troops, not the Ming Army in the true sense. Unlike the Ming Army, they don’t have much combat effectiveness! The Tianzhu people’s army is also the main army after all. I think they A hundred thousand people can defeat the 400,000 civilian army! But now, if the people of Tianzhu suddenly hear the news that 400,000 Ming troops are coming, I am afraid that the people of Tianzhu will panic and eventually affect the entire overall situation!"
Mo Haotian nodded and said: "Fan Hong is right. I think it is better to hide this news from the Tianzhu people! Let the Tianzhu people concentrate on fighting the Ming army! But after they capture Dali City, I will tell this news Tell them so that they know what we are capable of!" Everyone nodded.
Mo Haotian frowned and said: "I'm not worried about the Tianzhu people, but the Bagan people! I didn't expect that Bagan's 500,000-strong army would be defeated in an instant. Is the Ming army really so brave and invincible? Mo Haotian's tone was full of annoyance and fear, and then he said worriedly: "If the Bagan people are completely defeated before the Tianzhu people occupy Dali City, the situation will completely collapse! I'm afraid the Ming army will Now we can establish a foothold in Dali!"
Fan Hong frowned and said: "Probably not! Although Bagan was defeated, there are still about 300,000 troops. Now they have retreated to Weishan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It should not be a problem to resist the 200,000 Ming army!" Everyone They all nodded, and the tall confidant frowned and said: "If the Bagan people can't resist the Yanyun Army's attack in this situation, it will be useless!"
Mo Haotian asked the tall confidant: "Ren Yuan, is there no news from Weishan Mountain yet?" Ren Yuan shook his head and said: "Not yet!"
Mo Haotian frowned, looking thoughtful.
Two Tianzhu armies carefully landed on the north and south sides of Dali City and immediately set up camp. At this time, there was chaos around Dali City. People were dragging their families and families to flee to Diancang Mountain. There were people fleeing with their families and families everywhere in the fields and on the roads and alleys. Everyone's face was full of panic. The smell; children separated from their parents sat on the roadside crying, and here and there some people lay motionless in the wilderness, not knowing whether they were dead or alive; smoke billowed from the countryside and towns, and the sounds of crying and screaming continued to be heard. , which made the fleeing people even more fearful and uneasy.
After receiving the report from the front, the Kshatriyas were very happy to learn that both armies had landed successfully and had established a firm foothold, and immediately ordered the follow-up troops to cross the sea. The Kshatriya's plan was to leave only 100,000 soldiers and horses on the east coast of Erhai Lake, and then use 300,000 troops to sweep through the entire Dali City and its surrounding areas in one go. Although Kshatriya is a native of India, he also understands that a lion can fight a rabbit with all his strength. Although the number of the Ming army in Dali City is very limited, he does not dare to take it lightly. He only feels that the outcome is still unclear, so he can only fight as soon as possible. Only by capturing the city of Dali can people feel at ease. For this, as much strength as possible must be invested!
The Kshatriyas did not intend for Duan Zhichun to participate in the sea-crossing operation. Duan Zhichun was well aware of Kshatriya's thoughts and was happy to be at ease.
Tianzhu's subsequent army of more than 100,000 troops also crossed the Erhai Lake. At this point, Tianzhu's nearly 300,000 troops stationed troops in the north and south of Dali City, forming a north-south pincer attack on Dali City.
Huyan Bixian stood on the south wall of the city and looked at the Erhai Lake. On the narrow strip of Erhai Lake, wolf smoke was billowing. The Tianzhu army was like a rolling tide. Countless black spots or thin lines were rushing towards this side. They are ordinary people who have fled. Hu Yanbixian felt that the situation was already very serious, and could not help but frown. He felt that he could not just sit back and watch the enemy troops besiege Xingfang, and had to do something. As soon as he thought about this, he called the generals to discuss with them. Although all the generals believed that they could not sit back and watch, they felt that there was no way to rescue them. First of all, there are still 200,000 enemy troops in front of Fengyu County. If the large troops are transferred away, there is no guarantee that Fengyu County will not make mistakes. Secondly, the enemy's army is too large. Even if tens of thousands of troops are sent from Fengyu County, it will probably be a drop in the bucket and it will be difficult to achieve anything. The two sides discussed it for a while, but could not come up with a result. Huyan Bixian only felt that it was hard to make a choice.
The Tianzhu army approached the Dali City from both the north and the south at the same time, and the light of the torches was endless, as if they could not be seen to the end. Then the shouts came one after another like a sea wave. Although the Ming army has been on the battlefield for a long time, it can't help but change its color slightly. The difference in strength between the two sides is really huge! When the people in the city heard the tsunami-like shouts coming from outside the city, they couldn't help but be shaken. They couldn't help but pray to the Buddha and Bodhisattva. However, there were also people who were very excited at this time, even those who are now locked up in the Dali Heavenly Prison. To those members of the four nobles, the tsunami-like shouts were as beautiful as the sounds of nature. A young man walked to the cell and yelled at the jailer in the distance: "If you know the truth, let us go! Otherwise, once the Tianzhu army breaks the city, all of you will die without a burial place!" Several others were also imprisoned in the cell. The young people in the cell also shouted together.
The jailers glanced at them and remained silent, with obviously worried looks on their faces.
The Tianzhu army shouted outside the city for a while, then the shouting stopped, the unique war drums of the Tianzhu people rumbled loudly, and the Tianzhu army began to attack the city. The rockets launched by both sides lit up the night sky. The Tianzhu people, carrying bags of soil and stones on their backs, rushed to the moat under the cover of the shield hands, and poured the stones and soil into the moat.
Seeing this scene, Xingfang made a prompt decision and led a troop of troops to rush out of the city gate in an attempt to disrupt the enemy's operations. However, the Kshatriyas of Tianzhu are not fuel-efficient lamps. They have been prepared for this. As soon as they saw the city gate opened, the horns sounded loudly. The Tianzhu soldiers who were working quickly retreated, and the Tianzhu war cavalry that had been waiting for the Ming army had Then he shouted loudly and rushed forward.
When Xingfang saw the enemy's cavalry rushing towards him, he didn't even bother to pursue the enemy because he was doing something wrong and hurriedly fought. The two sides were fighting in a melee outside the city gate in the dark night. The Ming army was extremely powerful. They beat the Tianzhu soldiers with spears and axes and knocked them off their feet. However, the impact of the Tianzhu war cavalry was also amazing. Under the waves of iron hooves, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties. .
Seeing that the situation was not good, Xingfang immediately ordered his soldiers to quickly retreat into the city, while he personally led the warriors to cut off the rear. Xing Fang and others actually launched a counter-charge, wielding spears and axes, charging with blood, like crazy tigers and wolves, and just blocked the impact of the enemy's war cavalry, but the price was very painful!
Seeing that the army had retreated into the city, Xingfang immediately led the remaining soldiers and horses to break away from the battle and retreat into the city. Of the 500 warriors behind, there were only less than 100 left, and all of them were injured.
Tianzhu War Rider rushed to the city gate and reined in his horse when he saw that the city gate was closed. The trumpets of the Tianzhu people sounded loudly one after another, and the operating troops that had just retreated came back and continued the soil filling operation. Si Xingfang never led his troops to attack again.
By the next morning, the Ming soldiers on the city wall discovered that half of the moat in the south had been filled in with earth and rocks. At this time, a herald rushed to Si Xingfang and reported that most of the moat in the north was filled with earth and rocks. Si Xingfang looked at the Tianzhu army gathering outside the city, frowned and murmured: "The real fierce battle is about to begin!"
As if in response to his words, the sound of Tianzhu people's war drums came from outside the city, accompanied by the shouts of the Tianzhu army, which was approaching step by step.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
