On the third day of the first month of the thirteenth year of Yongli, the vanguard of the Qing army arrived outside Kunming.

The generals who commanded the army were Wu Sangui and Zhao Butai.

Needless to say, Wu Sangui was originally the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan in the Ming Court.

In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the country of Jiashen changed, and in order to fight against Li Zicheng, he actually opened the Shanhai Pass and let Dolgon enter the customs.

Since then, the situation in the world has changed abruptly and is out of control.

As for Zhao Butai, he is also a ruthless person.

This person is the Guerjia clan, a man with a yellow flag in Manchuria, who has made countless achievements in the southern and northern wars since the Qing army entered the customs.

Awarded the Yellow Flag Manchuria Gushan Ezhen, the second-class Ashani Hafan.

This time the Qing army attacked Yungui, and Zhao Butai and Wu Sangui were awarded the titles of General Zhengnan and General Pingxi respectively.

Wu Sangui commanded the old Guan Ning army, and Zhao Butai held the elite Manchurian banner soldiers.

The two cooperate with each other, and there is also a sense of containment.

In fact, Emperor Shunzhi was not so at ease with Wu Sangui, which led Zhao Butai to attack Yungui with him.

Of course, Wu Sangui didn't mind this.

A Han general like him, who took refuge halfway, although he had the merit of dedicating Shanhaiguan, would still be guarded against to some extent.

In other words, in order to win the absolute trust of the Qing court, he would have to make a bigger petition.

What is more important than Shanhaiguan?

Thinking about it, it is the head of the Ming Emperor.

In this attack on Yungui, Wu Sangui used twelve points of strength, unreservedly attacked the city, and killed his former compatriots.

In his eyes, these Ming army soldiers are all stumbling blocks that prevent him from becoming an official and becoming a knight, and they must all be killed.

Now that Guizhou has been conquered, the rest is Yunnan.

The army is pulling, and food and grass are a big problem.

It was the Qing army that raised grain and grass for a long time, and then marched to Kunming City unhurriedly, and when it arrived at Kunming City, more than half a month had passed.

After some deliberation, Wu Sangui and Zhao Butai finally decided to camp in Wuli, outside of Kunming. The two of them had a large camp in a row, but the tent was in the center of their respective camps.

Because it was already twilight, the Qing army was not in a hurry to attack, but buried the pot and prepared to fill its stomach, and then attack the city the next morning.

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After the Qing army arrived and camped outside the city, the atmosphere in Kunming was already very tense. The Great War was about to break out, and the city walls were full of Ming soldiers stationed there.

The Kunming city of the Ming Dynasty was not a soil city in the Yuan Dynasty, but a fortified city built by Mu Ying in the fifteenth year of Hongwu. The circumference of the whole city is more than 4,000 meters, and the city wall is nine meters high, slightly square, covered with bricks.

There were six gates in the city.

It is divided into Weihe Gate (East Gate), Yongqing Gate (Northeast Gate), Baoshun Gate (North Gate), Hongrun Gate (Southwest Gate), Guangyuan Gate (West Gate), and Lizheng Gate (South Gate).

Under Zhu Youlang's order, the elite of the Ming army had already boarded the city in advance to set up defenses.

Among them, Bai Wenxuan, the king of Gongchang, led his troops to guard the east gate, Tai'an Bo Dou Mingwang guarded the northeast gate, Feng Shuangli, the king of Qingyang, guarded the north gate, Pingyang Hou Jin Tongwu guarded the southwest gate, Mu Tianbo, the prince of Qianguo, guarded the west gate, and Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, guarded the south gate.

Early the next morning, Zhu Youlang, the Son of Heaven, also ascended to the top of the city and arranged in the center to boost morale.

Zhu Youlang wears a gold-plated protector with herbs and a six-petal iron helmet, wears a yellow velvet and wears a square leaf waist-length armor, ties a bright yellow waist knife belt, and hangs bow bags, quivers, and swords.

This outfit looks like the thirty-five-year-old son of heaven is heroic, like a god descending to earth.

The effect of the Son of Heaven personally ascending to the top of the city was remarkable, and the soldiers of the Ming army were all excited, ready to fight to the death.

Many soldiers who had never seen the emperor were able to catch a glimpse of the sky, and they immediately felt that it was worth it.

Even the Son of Heaven is willing to risk arrows and stones to sit at the head of the city, what reason do they have not to fight to the death?

At this moment, Li Dingguo had mixed feelings in his heart.

If the Son of Heaven had been as brave as he is a few years ago, perhaps the situation would not have been so critical.

Of course, it's not too late.

As long as the Son of Heaven stands at the head of the city, it is a huge appeal.

The soldiers will feel that what they are guarding is no longer an ethereal court, a high king, but the Son of Heaven who is willing to live and die with them, the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty!

Surrounded by the guards of the Jinyi Guard, Zhu Youlang walked in front of Li Dingguo and said in a harmonious voice: "King Jin, are all the equipment for defending the city ready?" ”

Faced with the Son of Heaven's inquiry, Li Dingguo replied respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, the rolling wood and stone have been prepared, and the gold juice is also hot. As for the batch of Tessie's firearms that His Majesty sent to buy, they were also transported to the city. ”

Zhu Youlang nodded with satisfaction when he heard this.

Ten days is still enough time to prepare for the matter. What made him feel relieved was that after he decided to stick to Kunming, Feng Shuangli's troops, who had historically gone north to Jianchang, were able to stay in the city, which was a good thing for the Ming army.

After all, Feng Shuangli is a rare fierce general, and the soldiers under his command are also brave and good at fighting.

Although Zhu Youlang held a batch of Prussian guns in his hands, it was not enough to defend the city with these firearms, but also on flesh and blood.

What's more, the number of these guns is limited, and when the ammunition is always used up, it can only solve the urgent need, and cannot be turned into dependence.

The current situation is that the Ming army is united, united, and has Prussian guns and artillery to help, and it is by no means impossible to hold Kunming.

"Come on, bring the traitor Ma Jixiang's henchmen!"

After stabbing Ma Jixiang, Zhu Youlang ordered Ma Jixiang to be imprisoned and sentenced to death.

However, he did not immediately order these people to be put to death, but waited until the Qing army attacked Kunming to pull out these treason sinners and behead them.

He just wants to tell the soldiers and civilians in Kunming that the Son of Heaven is with you, and those who dare to commit treason will be killed.

After Zhu Youlang gave the order, some soldiers pressed Ma Jixiang's henchmen led by Ma Xiongfei and Yang Zai.

They have long been tied up by five flowers, and they know that they will not escape death, but they are really scared in the face of death.

The soldiers looked down on this kind of soft eggs that had been betrayed and unplanted, and kicked them fiercely in the crooks of their knees.

For a while, more than a dozen traitors fell to their knees and wept bitterly.

"Behead the Sacrifice Flag!"

"Behead the Sacrifice Flag!"

"Behead the Sacrifice Flag!"

The soldiers of the Ming army shouted one after another.

Zhu Youlang wants this effect.

He could see the endless anger in the eyes of the soldiers. The morale boost brought by these dozen or so heads is really too great.

"Spread my will, behead a group of traitors and thieves to show the public!"

The soldiers waited for this will, and waved their sabers and slashed at the necks of Ma Xiongfei, Yang Zai and others.

For a moment, blood gushed out of his neck, and more than a dozen heads rolled to the ground like watermelons.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Your Majesty Shenwu!"

"Long live Daming!"

"Kill Dongyu, Xingsheji!"

The soldiers rejoiced for a while, and chanted Zhu Youlang's wisdom one after another.

Zhu Youlang himself did not float, his hands pressed down and said in a deep voice: "Today I am with you in the city, the city is in the people, and the city is dead!" ”

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