At this time, Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, had also been driven out of Desheng Pass by the Han army.
Chen Youliang sent 3,000 soldiers and horses to stop the Yuan army of Liang Wang Balzawalmi.
But as the distance gradually approached, the appearance of the Yuan army led by Basara Varmi, King of Liang, immediately caused Chen Youliang's Han army to panic.
Because there are dozens of tall monsters in the army of Liang Wang Basara Varmi!
These monsters have long fangs that are more than a foot tall, and a thick nose that waves around!
"monster!"
"Monster!"
Chen Youliang's army suddenly panicked, and the soldiers fled back one after another.
But those giant beasts pursued them relentlessly, and were trampled into meat pies by the Han soldiers who could not escape in time.
In fact, these monsters are elephants. In Dali, many elephants have been tamed by people.
The Dali people have a thousand-year tradition of using elephants to fight.
The soldiers under Chen Youliang were basically from Hubei. They had only heard of elephants, but had never seen what a real elephant looked like.
Especially the elephants brought by King Bazaar Valmi of Liang were all war elephants wearing armor.
These war elephants are clad in shining armor decorated with the pelts of various wild beasts, which in addition to frightening their enemies, can also be used to withstand damage from bows and arrows.
From a distance, these elephants look like moving meat castles.
The Han soldiers in front were immediately frightened to death by these terrifying war elephants.
"Run!"
Chen Youliang's Han army was immediately defeated and returned!
"What kind of monster is that?"
Chen Youliang looked at the Han army being driven out of Desheng Pass and asked the Yunnan soldiers next to him with some reluctance.
"Your Majesty, those are war elephants! There are many people in Dali who tame elephants. They can drive elephants to fight. No matter what infantry or cavalry they are, they can't be the opponent of war elephants!" said a local soldier in Yunnan.
“War elephant.
.
"
Chen Youliang murmured to himself: "Am I really going to lose?"
When the Yunnan soldiers next to him saw this, they immediately offered Chen Youliang a way to restrain the war elephant.
"Your Majesty, elephants are afraid of fire and noise, so they can attack with fire!"
Chen Youliang was overjoyed when he heard this!
Immediately ordered the Han sergeants to use artillery to bombard the Yuan army's war elephants.
As the artillery pieces fell into the enemy's war elephant herd, the huge power of the explosion caused the Yuan army's war elephant herd to immediately become a mess.
Seeing a large number of Yuan army war elephants fall, Chen Youliang laughed excitedly.
"Artillery is indeed the nemesis of war elephants!"
"Long live your Majesty!"
Other Yunnan soldiers also followed suit.
For these newly attached Yunnan soldiers, Emperor Chen Youliang of the Han Dynasty was much better than King Liang Zala Valmi and others.
After Chen Youliang led the Han army to Yunnan, he attacked the local tyrants and divided their fields, turning these poor Yunnan natives into rich people with land and houses. In order to protect the land and property they were assigned, Yunnan Many local men joined Chen Youliang's Red Turban Army.
Since he wanted to protect his own property, he would naturally show no mercy even when facing Xiri's master, Prince Liang and Manager Dali.
Thanks to the advice of the Yunnan soldiers, the war elephants of Basaravalmi were immediately restrained by the Han army.
Chen Youliang's face softened slightly, and he continued to order the soldiers to fire rockets to burn the Yuan army's war elephants.
The rockets and artillery of the Han army were like the fire of hell, killing the elephant army brought by King Liang and Zhala Varmi to a complete defeat.
Elephants are actually very timid animals, especially afraid of sound and fire.
Even if there are many specially trained elephants, they often become violent and difficult to control due to some occasional noises and fires.
What's more, now Chen Youliang ordered the artillery and rockets of the Han army to fire at these elephants, which frightened these timid animals and completely lost their nature.
All the elephants in the Yuan army became violent and fled to the rear regardless of the control of their riders.
The Yuan soldiers who were originally following the elephant were immediately knocked to the ground by the elephant. The heavy elephant soles trampled these fallen Mongolian soldiers to the ground, and they instantly turned into a puddle of meat.
"Crazy! Crazy!"
"These beasts are crazy!"
A burst of frightened shouts broke out among the Yuan army. Liang Wang Balazala Varmi, who originally wanted to rely on elephants to save the battle, was helpless.
Liang Wang Bazara Valmi dragged several piano soldiers and ordered them to go to the front to stop the crazy elephants.
But the elephants that have fallen into madness cannot even be controlled by the riders who tame them, let alone other people.
The Yuan army fell into greater chaos, and the entire battle had not yet begun because these crazy elephants were about to completely fail.
"Beasts! These beasts, let me shoot these beasts with arrows!"
The King of Liang looked at the elephants that were going crazy. His heart was filled with rage. He ordered the Mongolian archers to shoot arrows in an attempt to kill the elephants that collided with his formation.
Bows and arrows rained down on the elephants, but because the elephants were covered with armor, these bows and arrows not only did not hurt them, but instead angered them even more.
These elephants were completely crazy. They ran back and forth among the crowd of Yuan soldiers, swinging their huge trunks and tusks, flying each of the Yuan soldiers into the air, and then fell heavily to the ground. The Yuan army was filled with chaos. Wail.
"Your Highness, retreat quickly!"
Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, also led the remaining defeated soldiers to King Liang at this time. Seeing the scene in front of him, he immediately persuaded King Liang.
Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, knows the habits of these elephants.
Once these beasts fall into madness, no one can control them.
King Liang's army was in complete chaos. If he did not evacuate quickly at this time, when Chen Youliang's Han army began a full-scale attack, they would not be able to evacuate even if they wanted to.
The words of Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, were actually the most correct decision, but Liang Wang Basaravarmi could not swallow this bad breath.
"Desheng Pass is the last gateway to Dali. Without Desheng Pass, Dali City cannot be defended. I will fight to the death with Chen Youliang, a Red Army thief, here today!"
Liang Wang Balzavarmi was still somewhat bloody.
He shook off Duan Gong's hand, pulled out his sword, and shouted loudly to the soldiers on the left and right.
"Today I will fight to the death with the red scarf thief. Anyone who dares to take even a step back will be killed without mercy!"
King Liang then led his personal guards to kill towards the front.
Among the chaotic crowd, King Liang's personal guard of hundreds of people was unable to effectively save the situation.
At this time, King Liang's army was completely in chaos. Chen Youliang naturally would not miss this opportunity. He immediately ordered the entire army to attack forward, relying on the crossbowmen on the wall of Deshengguan to cover the rear of the reinforcements. Sex shot.
The army under King Liang was divided from front to rear. The veterans of the Red Scarf Army under Chen Youliang were like ferocious tigers descending from the mountain, and instantly killed King Liang's army and fled in all directions.
"No retreat! Kill!"
"kill!"
Balzavarmi, the king of Liang, still refused to give up.
He wielded his sword and slashed at the fleeing soldiers on horseback.
However, the situation on the battlefield had completely collapsed, and even the brutal killings could not stop these soldiers from escaping.
Liang Wang Basara Valmi and his guards attracted Chen Youliang's attention.
"Your Majesty, that is the flag of Prince Liang!"
Several soldiers recruited locally from Yunnan immediately recognized the flag of King Liang and immediately reported it to Chen Youliang.
"Haha, this thief actually dares to come and die!"
Chen Youliang sneered all his life and immediately ordered his artillerymen to launch the cannon and aim at the location of Balzavarmi.
A quarter of an hour later, more than a dozen black artillery muzzles were aimed at the location of Liang Wang Balazala Varmi.
At this time, the Liang King Basara Valmi was not aware of the danger on the battlefield at all. He still worked hard to kill the defeated troops, hoping to use this method to save the situation on the battlefield.
However, all this has been in vain.
Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, and his remaining defeated generals, watched blankly as Liang Wang Basara Valmi rushed left and right in front, struggling clumsily.
"General manager, we'd better retreat quickly!" A Dali soldier said to Duan Gong.
"No, if we leave Prince Liang and run away, our hearts will be shattered." Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, shook his head and said.
The Mongols have been operating in Yunnan for more than a hundred years. Many forces here have surrendered to the Mongols. The power of Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, is only in Dali City. The Duan family in Dali has not been very strong in other places. Once he leaves, Without the support of King Liang, Duan Gong could not organize his troops to resist Chen Youliang even if he escaped.
And Chen Youliang, the red scarf thief, shouted slogans along the way to fight against the local tycoons and divide their fields. The biggest local tycoon in Dali City was Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali. Therefore, Duan Gong had to support Liang Wang Basara Valmi, so naturally he could not King Liang abandoned himself and ran for his life.
Just when Duan Gong was hesitating how to support King Liang.
Suddenly, a burst of rumbling artillery fire was heard from Chen Youliang's army on the opposite side.
Boom boom boom…
More than a dozen cannon shots rang out at the same time, and there was chaos in the Yuan army's array.
The flag of King Liang that was still held high on the battlefield disappeared in the crowd in an instant.
"King Liang..."
When Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, saw the flag of King Liang disappearing on the battlefield, an ominous premonition suddenly surged in his heart.
"Butler, look!"
Several generals under his command pointed forward and shouted loudly.
Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, stretched his neck and looked forward, only to see a large number of casualties on the battlefield ahead.
Duan Gong saw a body wearing gold armor falling to the ground from a distance. The owner of the bright armor was naturally the Liang King Bazara Valmi.
"broken!"
Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, was immediately frightened. After several enemy cannons fired, Liang Wang Basala Varmi fell to the ground. Judging from the current situation, it was probably more ominous than bad.
Once Liang Wang Balzavalmi died, the Yuan army on the entire battlefield would no longer have any hope of turning defeat into victory.
"Master Manager, what should we do!?"
Several of his subordinates were shocked and asked Duan Gong quickly.
Duan Gong's army suffered heavy losses, and now Liang Wang Balazala Valmi was killed by the Red Turban Army's artillery on the battlefield, and the entire army was already in complete chaos.
"No matter what, run for your life quickly, let's escape back to Dali!"
Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, knew that once King Liang died, the Mongols in Yunnan were destined to be wiped out. If he wanted to preserve the centuries-old foundation of the Duan family in Dali, he could only rely on Duan Gong himself.
Duan Gong must now return to Dali City immediately and concentrate all the forces that can be mobilized under Dali City to resist Chen Youliang's Red Turban Army.
The city wall of Dali is well defended. The Mongols were so brave and good at fighting. They besieged it for a long time before forcing Kaicheng to surrender.
Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, believed that as long as he defended Dali City tightly, he would be able to defeat Chen Youliang's attack.
Yunnan is a place where northerners can easily become acclimatized.
As long as it takes some time, Chen Youliang's army will inevitably break out of the plague or be acclimatized.
By that time, Duan Gong will be able to win the Dali defensive battle.
The top priority now is to take as many soldiers as possible from the battlefield back to Dali City.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
"Come with me!"
Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, sent his soldiers nearby to wave flags and shout, leading the Yuan army in chaos to retreat to the rear with him.
Tens of thousands of Yuan troops had completely fled. Chen Youliang was overjoyed when he saw this and immediately ordered a full-scale pursuit.
"kill!"
The red scarf army of the Han Dynasty was as powerful as a rainbow, and those killed by the Yuan army were like bereaved dogs.
Apart from running away, no one had the intention to resist.
However, the terrain here at Desheng Pass was rugged and complex, and the Han army did not dare to push too aggressively in pursuit.
As a result, under the leadership of Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, many Yuan troops followed Duan Gong and fled the battlefield.
In order to get rid of the pursuers behind him, Duan Gong made a risky decision.
Duan Gong led his own soldiers, as well as more than a thousand defeated soldiers, and ambush him twelve miles away from Desheng Pass!
When the Han Dynasty's Red Scarf Army pursued them here, Duan Qinggong led his men to suddenly launch an ambush. The negligent Red Scarf Army was immediately caught off guard, and more than a thousand people were killed here.
The red scarf army of the Han Dynasty who was ambushed immediately became cautious and did not dare to pursue desperately.
Taking advantage of this short opportunity, Duan Gong, the general manager of the land, immediately led the defeated troops to retreat quickly to the rear.
In less than two days, Duan Gong, the general manager of Dali, led the defeated troops back to Dali City.
Duan Gong immediately mobilized people to organize resistance in Dali City.
The Han Red Scarf Army led by Chen Youliang also followed closely and arrived outside Dali City.
Today's Dali City is already an isolated city!
Most of Yunnan's Yuan troops were lost at Desheng Pass.
Chen Youliang surrounded Dali City and immediately sent people to persuade Duan Gong to surrender again.
It's just that the conditions for persuading surrender this time are indeed much worse than at the beginning.
At the beginning, Chen Youliang's surrender conditions for Duan Gong were to confer Duan Gong as the hereditary King of Dali and guard Yunnan for generations. However, he no longer had hundreds of thousands of hectares of land, but instead received a salary reward.
Now that Duan Gong is trapped in the isolated city, the conditions proposed by Chen Youliang again will naturally be much lower.
"The Emperor of the Han Dynasty has an order. As long as Duan Gong is willing to surrender, you will be crowned the Prince of Dali County. Anyone else who persuades Duan Gong to surrender will be crowned the Founding Marquis."
Chen Youliang was not only trying to persuade others to surrender, but also seemed to be trying to sow discord.
Duan Gong felt that the Dali city wall was strong and it was absolutely impossible for the Red Scarf Army to break through the city, so he flatly rejected Chen Youliang's offer to surrender.
The Duan family of Dali has been able to establish a foothold in Yunnan for hundreds of years, relying on the hundreds of thousands of fertile fields in the local area. Without these fertile fields, where would the output come from to support their army and tribesmen, so Chen Youliang gave this hereditary county king's reward , can't impress Duan Gong at all.
As for Chen Youliang's current Red Scarf Army, the purpose of the increase is to distribute land to the soldiers and improve their morale.
The largest local landowner in Yunnan is the Duan family of Dali. If his land is not confiscated and distributed to the soldiers after Dali is captured, then Chen Youliang's attack on Yunnan will be in vain.
Therefore, the conflict between Chen Youliang and Duan Gong is almost irreconcilable.
In order to show that the Duans of Dali would never surrender, Duan Gong not only refused to surrender.
They also sent people to cut off the nose of the deceased Chen Youliang, in order to humiliate Chen Youliang and the Red Turban Army, and also to cut off those in Dali City who wanted to surrender.
"The Exotic Land Development of Vegetable-Growing Skeletons"
Sure enough, facing Duan Gong's stubborn attitude, Chen Youliang was completely angered.
"Conquer Dali City and leave not a blade of grass behind!"
Chen Youliang issued the most severe order to massacre the city since raising troops.
It's just that the defense of Dali City is indeed very strong. More than ten artillery pieces under Chen Youliang bombarded the Dali City Wall, but only shattered part of the wall. Moreover, once the defenders in the city discovered that the wall was If it is damaged, it will be repaired immediately during the night.
After repeating this for more than a month, Chen Youliang's army not only failed to break through Dali City, but also almost consumed all the gunpowder they brought with them.
Inside the military camp of the Han Red Turban Army.
"Your Majesty, there is a plague in the army, there is not enough food and grass, and there is insufficient gunpowder. How about we withdraw first?"
Zou Pusheng, Chen Youliang's prime minister, said.
The weather here in Yunnan is humid and rainy, which is indeed not conducive to the life of northerners.
Moreover, Chen Youliang's soldiers were physically exhausted after traveling long distances and fighting in succession.
In less than ten days, more than a dozen Red Army soldiers died of the plague.
"We can't retreat!"
Chen Youliang refused the persuasion to withdraw without hesitation.
"If there is insufficient food and grass, we will immediately order all possible means to collect food and grass in Sichuan and Yunnan. As for gunpowder, I heard that there are many mineral deposits in Yunnan that can also be used to refine gunpowder. I will immediately mobilize craftsmen from Sichuan to Yunnan to make gunpowder."
"And there are a lot of copper mines in Yunnan. Let's mobilize more craftsmen and use the copper mines in Yunnan to cast bigger cannons. The Dali city wall is too strong. The cannons we brought are too small. I want to cast cannons ten times larger. , smash the wall of Dali!"
After several battles with the Ming army, Chen Youliang now relies heavily on the power of artillery.
The conquest of Yunnan was the first war since the Han Dynasty moved to Sichuan. If even one Dali city could not be conquered, then the remaining important places such as Kunming would definitely not be conquered. Chen Youliang would never allow this to happen.
The first month of the third year of Hongwu.
Ying Tianfu.
There was a joyous scene in the palace of Ming Dynasty King Zhu Han.
This is not only because of the New Year's Day, but also because there is a big happy event in the British palace.
Zhu Han's concubine Liu gave birth to a son.
As the Prince of Ming Dynasty and the younger brother of His Majesty the current Emperor, he finally had his own heir. The entire Ming Dynasty court sent people to congratulate him.
It's just that Zhu Han wanted to keep a low profile on this matter, so he declined many people's requests to come to congratulate him. Only his brother Zhu Yuanzhang and his family came to have a wedding banquet together.
"Haha... As expected, he is a member of our old Zhu family. He is really handsome and he will definitely be a good boy in the future." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the soft and waxy little nephew in his arms and was already beaming with joy.
Zhu Han, as the biological brother who was brought up by Zhu Yuanzhang, was actually called brother and father. Now that he saw that Zhu Han also had his own child, the joy in his heart was almost so high.
"By the way, Qi Wu, what are you going to name this child?" Sister-in-law Ma Xiuying asked from the side.
Zhu Han scratched his head and was a little embarrassed. He had been a man in his past and present lives, but he had never been a father. As for naming the child, he originally thought of choosing a random name, but when the little guy was born, he looked like this Cute child, the casual energy in his heart can't be released no matter what.
I have to think of a perfect name for this child.
"I haven't thought about it yet. I'm not very good at naming things. How about this, brother, if you have any good names, just give them to you." Zhu Han said to his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang.
In recent years, elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang has been very good at giving birth to children. Not only has his sister-in-law Ma Xiuying given birth to two children in succession, but also several other concubines have given birth to several princes and princesses.
