The person who resented this busy scene was Asnuo, the leader of the Asi tribe.
After complaining in his heart, he began to look for opportunities to inquire about the information he wanted.
It was impossible to talk directly to the Ming army because of the language barrier. However, there are people from Yunnan on the Ming army side, who understand the various tribal dialects of Dongwu, and it is they who come forward to communicate with the Dongwu tribes.
Asno set his target on a person who was in charge of food, and started to get close to him, stuffing him with agates, emeralds, jade and the like, telling him some local specialties, worthless things, and that he should never be exposed to outsiders.
The person who can be chosen by King Long to do this job, in addition to being loyal, is of course an eloquent one. After quickly building a close relationship, he used a roundabout way to inquire about the food situation of the Ming army, how long it would take for the Ming army to send supplies, how many people there were, etc.
These questions are confidential and it is definitely not possible to ask them directly. For this reason, Asnuo has thought of many ways to ask these questions in a way that will not attract attention. It can be said that this question and communication took him hard to think about for an unknown amount of time before he finally got the result.
The saying goes, hard work pays off, at least that's what Asno thinks. He really got a lot of information out of him. After a little summary and speculation, he was able to get the answer he wanted, and then he left happily.
However, what Asnuo never expected was that as soon as he left, the man he thought was a fool went to a tent next door and reported to the people inside: "As expected, Asnuo came to see Xiao People, small people, just follow the instructions and ask the adults to tell them, everything has been told to them."
The person in this camp is Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyi Guards sent to the rear camp by Emperor Chongzhen. At this time, after listening, he nodded to show that he understood.
At the same time, he was also very impressed. The emperor really saw that there was something wrong with the leader of the Asi clan, and he was going to make Dongwu suffer a big loss again!
Haha, even these barbarians want to compete with the emperor. They are really trying to shake the tree, and they are not overestimating their own capabilities!
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The next day, Asnuo appeared in Ava City and reported to King Talong in person. In the main hall, everyone else was kicked out, and only Tai Taitun, who was involved in the matter, accompanied them.
As soon as Asnuo saw him in front of King Long, he was filled with righteous indignation and complained first, saying how much food a certain tribe sent to the Ming army, and how much food a certain tribe sent to the Ming army...
After hearing this news about him, King Long's face became very ugly. After hearing this, he didn't want to listen anymore. If he continued to listen, he was afraid that he would vomit blood, so he angrily interrupted Asnuo's report: "Write these down for Gu. After Gu defeated the Ming army, he will definitely settle the score." Yes. I want you to do something, but have you done it?"
Asnuo ran into the city in person, and he should have gained something. Therefore, King Long held some hope in his heart.
As soon as Asnuo saw that King Long was showing signs of being angry, he did not dare to say anything else, and quickly reported: "Thanks to the King Hongfu, I really found out. If it is the same as before, the Ming army will be there in three days." A large number of grain and grass supplies will be delivered. This is the last batch before the rainy season, and it is a large number. According to previous practice, the Ming army guarding the army should not exceed a thousand people, and the others are just civilians from Yunnan."
Upon hearing this, King Talong couldn't help but said with great joy: "Okay, okay, okay!"
He said three good words in a row, which showed how happy he was.
Without this news, it would be unrealistic to wait and see. Not only do we not know when the Ming army will arrive, we also don’t return to the scale of the Ming army’s food protection and so on. If the road was destroyed in advance, the Ming army would definitely send people to repair the road so as not to affect the transportation of food and supplies, and would also strangle people along the way. With so many traitors around, maybe the ambush will be discovered.
Now that we know the general situation of the Ming army's food and grass supplies transportation, we can take targeted measures.
As for the number of Ming troops protecting food, it was already a bit too much compared to the total strength of the Ming army. The more people transporting food, the more food is consumed on the road. As far as the road conditions on the Dongwu side are concerned, the amount consumed on this road must not be underestimated.
After being happy for a while, King Thalong immediately turned to look at Tai Tai Tun and said: "You have experience fighting against the Ming army, so you will be the one to command this battle. They are now hiding in the valley under the highest peak of Mei Lat. . Five thousand versus one thousand, are you sure that you will catch him by surprise and attack him unprepared?"
The team transporting food was a very long team, with a thousand soldiers guarding the food, who had to take care of them both front and back, so the troops were even more dispersed. It can be said that if an ambush were to occur, the battle would definitely be easy.
That's what Tai Taitun was thinking. It can be said that this is a military merit that is very easy to obtain. What made him even more happy was that Mu Dali, the commander of the ambush, had dominated him before and was still ranked above him. But now, he actually has the opportunity to take over Mu Dali's command, which shows that he has surpassed Mu Dali in the eyes of King Long!
Thinking of this, Tai Taitun couldn't help but be extremely excited. He didn't even bother to marvel at how deeply King Long hid the ambush army. He quickly patted his chest and expressed his willingness to issue a military order. If he didn't succeed, he would be benevolent!
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What they never expected was that this time, King Talong finally revealed the hiding place of the ambush, which made Emperor Chongzhen heave a sigh of relief. With such an ambush hiding behind him, he felt like he was carrying a sharp edge, and he couldn't sleep well. Now that he knew where he was hiding, everything was easy to explain.
With this in mind, he immediately made arrangements and started competing with him, King Long, from afar.
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In the past few days, although there has been no large-scale fighting outside the city of Ava, small-scale fighting has continued. The Ming army was small in number, but they kept coming to Dongwu's army outside the city to provoke them.
Dongwu's army cannot do without going to war, otherwise, morale will definitely be lower. But if they go to war and too many people go out, it will lead to a large-scale war, which is strictly prohibited by King Long. Furthermore, they all saw how powerful the Ming army was, and they did not dare to cause a war, for fear of ending up like the Kunda tribe.
However, if the number of people sent is small, no matter how many people go out, the Ming army will throw back as many heads as possible; those who are luckier will flee back with a look of panic, and they will not dare to go out again after being beaten to death. Frankly speaking, the Ming army soldiers Their combat power is too strong, and a few more of them won't be enough to fight.
This won't work, and that won't work either. The morale of Dongwu's army, especially the Dongwu army deployed outside the city, is getting lower every day. Many tribes even retreated and wanted to withdraw their troops. There were even some tribes who were thinking about joining the Ming Kingdom.
It was definitely not going to work like this, so most of the clan chiefs outside the city united and made a request to King Talong, asking him to lead them to fight to the death with the Ming army. They believed that with King Talong's imperial guards as the main force and their numbers being much larger than the Ming army, they would definitely win!
Of course, King Talong would not agree to this request. If he could agree, he would have done so long ago.
Although he still had a certain degree of confidence in his own imperial guards, that was his capital to dominate Dongwu and become the king of Dongwu. How could he easily lose it?
He could even think that if his imperial guards suffered heavy losses in this battle, even if they defeated the Ming army, the fruits of victory might be picked off by other tribes.
Previously, if he had not seen that the defeated soldiers of the Kunda tribe were threatening to overwhelm all the armies outside the city, and if he had not seen that the Ming army's artillery did not follow up, he would not have sent his war elephant troops out of the city to fight with the Ming army first. The army fought.
But now that morale is low, and with so many tribal leaders jointly requesting, he must treat it carefully. In this regard, he decided to reveal some information and said to the people below: "Please be patient, as long as you wait for five more days, no, four more days, I will give you a big surprise."
Hearing this, the clan leaders of each tribe were a little surprised. Of course they would not be satisfied with just getting such a sentence, and many people immediately started asking questions.
"My King, what surprises are there at this time?"
"Yes, if we can defeat the Ming army, that would be a surprise! But, how many days will it take to defeat the Ming army?"
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Faced with their doubts, to be honest, Prince Long was quite annoyed. If any tribe dared to be so rude to him before the war, believe it or not, he would have destroyed that tribe!
Obviously, the Ming Emperor's army was pressing down on the territory and the war was not going well, which damaged his prestige. These people were no longer afraid of him!
Suppressing the anger in his heart, he secretly remembered the clan leaders who questioned him the most, and then he said calmly: "Everyone, have you seen Mu Dali?"
Mu Dali had vaguely surpassed Tai Taitun in the past. He was King Long's first confidant and the commander of King Long's imperial guards.
But when he mentioned this at this time, these clan leaders all came back to their senses. That's right, why didn't Mu Dali see the king next to him this time?
Before, they thought that Mu Dali was left in the capital by King Talong, but now it seemed that King Talong had another appointment?
He couldn't say too much about the ambush of the Ming army. He, King Long, could only stop there and continue to say to the clan leaders: "Now Tai Taitun and Mu Dali are carrying out Gu's will. As long as they can succeed, I can use this throne as a guarantee, and the Ming army will be defeated!"
Haha, if the Ming army is not defeated, can you still hold the throne? Many people couldn't help but sneer in their hearts after hearing this.
But at least they got a guarantee from King Long that he would give them a big surprise. Unless you fall out with him, Prince Long, you can only listen to him, Prince Long.
After receiving such an answer, they could only grit their teeth and persevere, hoping that after four days, the big surprise that King Long said would come true.
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