"General! In front of you is Yongchang City! ”

A Tang army guard stretched out his finger and pointed to a tall city standing on a high post in the distance, and said loudly to Huang Degong, the main general on the side, with a happy face.

Huang Degong nodded, raised the clairvoyant mirror, and looked ahead for a long time, when he saw the sparse defenders and crooked banners at the head of Yongchang City from the clairvoyant mirror, Huang Degong's face couldn't help but smile faintly.

He put down the clairing mirror and immediately asked the guards next to him, "Do you know that the cavalry troops in front of you have already arrived at the city?" ”

"General, the Flying Harrier cavalry in front has all arrived at the foot of Yongchang City, and in accordance with your order, the general has completely blocked all the passages outside the four gates of Yongchang City. The current enemy army in Yongchang will never escape from the city again. The guard replied with a smug expression.

"Good!" Huang Degong was also pleased: "As long as our army blocks the Yongchang city in time, it will be difficult for Zhu Youlang, the king of Gui who is trapped in it, to escape, and in the end he can only be captured obediently!" ”

Speaking of this, Huang Degong shouted the order: "Pass on our military order, the whole army will speed up, and you must arrive at the city of Yongchang as soon as possible." This town wants to let the Yongchang lonely city, surrounded by a bird can't escape! ”

"Order!"

Soon, the Tang army rushed to Yongchang City like a surging tide, and immediately surrounded this important town in western Yunnan like an iron bucket.

Seeing that the Tang army was so large and majestic, the defenders at the head of the city, who were already demoralized, suddenly became more and more depressed. They stood at the head of the city, trembling in their faces, completely unsure of what to do next.

And the main general in the city, Deng Kai, the chief soldier of Yongchang, saw that the Tang army was so elite and looked like a rainbow, and his heart was also full of panic and loss.

What to do?

The Tang army is so powerful, and the defenders in the city are so demoralized, can this Yongchang City really be defended?

Deng Kai was in a depressed mood and was speechless for a long time, he subconsciously looked back at the direction where Zhu Youlang and them fled westward, but he only saw the sunset in the sky in the distance.

The sun was setting, the master was far away, some remnants of the army, trapped in the lonely city, for a while, Deng Kai's heart was full of inexplicable sadness.

At this moment, in the Tang army array, a line suddenly parted like a wave cracking, and a Tang army general wearing an eight-petal tasseled helmet, steel mountain pattern armor, copper-covered boots, and a bright red cloak was riding his horse towards the north gate under the protection of a group of clear guards with the same armor.

Seeing the person dressed like this, Deng Kai secretly said in his heart, in the eyes of this person, there is no doubt that this person must be the chief general of the Tang Army.

He guessed correctly, the general of the Tang Army was Huang Degong, the mayor of the ninth town of the Tang Army. Now, surrounded by a group of guards, he will soon be a stone's throw away from the north gate.

At this time, one of the guards next to him pulled his neck and shouted to the city, "Hey! Listen, people in the city! My head of the town, Mayor Huang Degong, wants to talk to King Gui in the city, please go to Tongyu quickly! ”

Hearing the shouts of the Tang army, the defenders at the head of the city became more and more panicked, and they subconsciously focused their helpless and panicked eyes on the main general Deng Kai.

Hearing Tang Jun's shout, Deng Kai, the chief soldier of Yongchang, sighed even more inexplicably.

Alas! If King Gui Zhu Youlang hadn't abandoned the city and fled, the morale of the defenders in the city would not have been so low.

When Deng Kai was stunned, the Tang Army guard had already shouted at him impatiently and loudly again.

At this time, Deng Kai suddenly had a thought in his heart, and he shouted downward: "Mayor Huang, I am Deng Kai, the chief soldier of Yongchang." To tell you the truth, King Gui has already left Yongchang City, and he doesn't know where to go. You also don't say words of persuasion, Deng has decided to serve the court and be loyal to the country, if you have the courage, you can send troops to attack! ”

As soon as Deng Kai said this, Huang Degong frowned unconsciously.

Unexpectedly, this Zhu Youlang is really a bloodless thing.

This person hurriedly fled from Kunming to Yongchang, but continued to abscond without shame, and his whereabouts were gone. As a prince of the Ming Dynasty who is responsible for defending the land, this person's behavior is really contemptible and ridiculous.

Now, Huang Degong saw that Deng Kai, the general soldier of Yongchang, was still hard-mouthed, and he looked like he was ready to resist to the end, and he couldn't help but smile.

Deng Kai still stubbornly wanted to continue to defend the city when Zhu Youlang had abandoned the city and fled, I really don't know how to evaluate this person, so it is appropriate.

He replied loudly: "Deng Zongbing, listen to you, this town knows that you should be a straightforward person, so this king is here today, and he doesn't want to go around with you more." Now, this king just wants to tell you that even the king of Gui, Zhu Youlang, has abandoned the city and fled, and the general will no longer be obsessed. There is a way, those who know the times are handsome, why do you want to serve the foolish and loyal Hongguang puppet dynasty again, why do you want to send the cowardly and incompetent Guiwang Zhu Youlang to death in vain? ! The general is a loyal and brave warrior, and he is a rare good general in this dynasty. If you can recognize the general situation, make a plan in advance, and join our army, it should be a very wise move. ”

Hearing Huang Degong say it so directly, poking straight at his own sore spot, Deng Kai had a complicated expression.

He subconsciously glanced around at the circle of defenders next to him, but saw that they were also looking at him with very strange and expectant eyes, Deng Kai's heart suddenly became more and more unpleasant.

Deng Kai took a step forward, held the battlement, and said to Huang Degong: "Huang Dexie! You also served as the general soldier of Chuyang, and you also did not serve in the Hongguang Imperial Court. How did he rebel against the imperial court, take refuge in the anti-thief Tang King, be willing to be an eagle dog, and attack the old master all the way from Jiangnan to the border of Yunnan. You are so rebellious and do not want to be a minister, do you still want to say such a rebellious thing here, and you ask yourself, you have a good conscience when you act like this?! ”

Huang Degong stroked his beard, and when he heard Deng Kai reprimanding him, he unconsciously became angry in his heart.

As soon as he waited for Deng Kai to finish speaking, his expression changed, and he replied sharply: "Deng Kai! Since the rejuvenation of the emperor Long Bintian, the Tang King supported the establishment of King Yong to ascend the throne, the establishment of the new dynasty of Anping, can be described as a one-handed support of the sky, what a re-creation of credit! Tell you, this town was once the general army of Chuyang of the Hongguang Puppet Dynasty, but this town was lost, and it was anyway in time to serve the Tang King, and now I want to come, how glad I am. This move of this town is not as good as Er, not only does not want to serve the new dynasty, but also is willing to be foolish, and still wants to help the Hongguang court, which can only be a prestige and oppress the people, continue to divide the territory, confront the court, and plot chaos! Such a shameless sin, what kind of face do you have to say that this town is here! ”

"You, you ......" Deng Kai was not good at words, but Huang Degong suddenly reacted, and he was so anxious that he couldn't speak, his fingers trembled and pointed at Huang Degong, with a look of anger and anger.

Huang Degong looked at him coldly, and replied: "Deng Kai, don't be anxious, and let Benzhen talk to you in detail." The Tang King, since the capital desperately rescued the crown prince and the Yong queen, has successively supported the two emperors of Chongxing and Anping, these two emperors are the irreproachable orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty. Now that this new dynasty has just been established, you don't want to serve the country, but want to steal the south, continue to support the Hongguang puppet dynasty, and openly confront the imperial court. Do you want to indulge in waiting any longer? The reason why you have not been crusaded against is that the Tang King remembers the friendship of his compatriots, and he can't bear to add a knife lightly, and only hopes that you can understand the past and return to obedience, who knows that in the past two years, you have done your own thing in the south, set up an official government, exploited the people, and turned a deaf ear to the imperial court, and operated the south as if it were an independent kingdom. ”

Huang Degong's words made Deng Kai speechless, although he was still angry, but he was already faintly embarrassed.

Although Deng Kai was annoyed in his heart, he had to admit that Huang Degong's words were actually very reasonable.

You must know that no matter how the Hongguang Imperial Court to Guiwang Zhu Youlang and others slander and distort, the Tang King Li Xiao supported the biological sons of Emperor Chongzhen, the crown prince Zhu Ci and the Yongwang Zhu Cishu. These two figures, whether in terms of bloodline or inheritance, are far better than Zhu Yousong, the Hongguang supervisor of the Fuwang lineage, Huang Degong seized this point to make a big attack on himself, in fact, it just hit the biggest and weakest weakness of the Hongguang puppet dynasty since its establishment.

Thinking of this, Deng Kai sighed and decided to end such a fruitless debate, he said loudly: "Mayor Huang, your words do have a certain truth, although Deng is a rough person, he also understands the orthodoxy of the emperor's throne, and it should belong to the line of Emperor Chongzhen. It's just that King Gui treats a certain family very well, and if he makes a certain family desperately defend the city, a certain family will live up to its expectations. Mayor Huang, go back, I don't have much to say to you, you can bring troops and horses to attack the city. ”

"Yo, yes, it seems that this Guiwang Zhu Youlang is such a mediocre person, he can win you over, and he can make you work so hard." Huang Degong sneered, and said in a deep voice: "General Deng, the situation is stronger than people." In the current situation, your troops have been surrounded by our Tang Army on all sides in this isolated city of Yongchang, with a lack of food and grass inside, and no reinforcements outside, so it is difficult to escape. In today's battle between you and me, in fact, the outcome has been decided, so why does General Deng have to fight? What's more, your troops are trapped in a lonely city, and you are in a hurry to respond to the battle, no matter the morale or morale of the army, how can you be the opponent of our army? To tell you the truth, this town has a good heart, and it can't bear to kill people in vain, so I shouted to you before I came to the battle, and you must seize the opportunity to recognize the situation. ”

Deng Kai laughed miserably, but said loudly: "Hugh is going to say it again!" This soldier said that he wanted me to surrender to the thief Li Xiao, but I couldn't! Let me tell you, this soldier is quite used by King Gui, and even treats me like a relative. With such a generous kindness, Deng will definitely be repaid by life and death! The ancients Yu Rang avenged the Lord, and did not hesitate to assassinate Zhao Xiangzi, Deng followed the sages, and he must also shed all his blood for King Gui! If you have the ability, you will come to break the city. Deng is waiting for Gao Ming in the city! ”

"Good! There is a way in heaven that you don't take, and there is no door to hell for you to come! If you are killing yourself, then this town will fulfill you! You've gone to eighteen levels of hell, but you don't regret it! ”

Seeing that Deng Kai was so stubborn, Huang Degong smiled coldly, and a hideous look flashed on his face, and he didn't say anything more, and immediately pulled out his horse and returned to the battle with a group of guards. At the same time, Deng Kai also snorted coldly, and hurriedly went down from the city, preparing to arrange for all the young men in the city to come together to defend the city.

At this time, it was getting late, and the Tang army arranged for the soldiers to camp and rest nervously outside the city.

Seeing the camps under the Tang army, which still surrounded the Yongchang city like an iron bucket, Deng Kai, the chief soldier of Yongchang, was very heavy in his heart.

He knew that today's remarks with the commander of the Tang Army had blocked all his back roads, and now he had only one way to fight to the death with the Tang Army.

Deng Kai sighed lightly, and subconsciously looked west.

The night was dark, and it was already dark in the west, and there was nothing to be seen.

Deng Kai secretly thought that maybe by now, Guiwang Zhu Youlang and others fled all the way west, and they should have reached the Tengyue realm.

Deng Kai was right, the current Zhu Youlang and the others had indeed entered the Tengyue realm, were lighting torches, and continued to travel overnight on the mountain trail, going to the fortress of Na Danda Tusi to settle down.

Zhu Youlang, the king of Gui, sat alone on a horse, surrounded by a group of guards, disheveled and dejected, but from time to time he looked back at the dark background in the east.

He kept thinking in his heart, what a terrible scene the Tang army had surrounded the lonely city of Yongchang into an iron bucket.

What's even more pitiful is that Deng Kai, the Yongchang general soldier who was abandoned by himself, now has to fight for his life to defend the city. I don't know how long this chief soldier who is so loyal to himself can finally hold out in Yongchang City.

This Deng Kai general soldier, this king is really disappointed by him.

Zhu Youlang had mixed tastes in his heart, and sighed secretly. However, he didn't dare to stop for a moment, and hurried all the way west, only thinking that he could reach the fort tower of Zhanda Tusi as soon as possible so that he could rest in peace.

What Deng Kai didn't expect was that he thought that the Tang army would come to attack the city the next day, but he didn't expect that after three full days, the Tang army had not moved outside the city.

The reason why the Tang army has not attacked the city is because he is waiting for the siege heavy artillery to arrive smoothly from the city of Kunming.

After all, in this western Yunnan area, the roads are difficult to travel, rugged and steep, and the transportation of artillery is even more difficult. Without the exploration of the front army, it would be too dangerous to let the artillery units go all the way. Therefore, Huang Degong decided to wait until the main force of the whole army rushed to Yongchang City, and then let the artillery unit and a group of auxiliaries rush here in the next few days.

As soon as the artillery arrived at noon that day, the Tang Army's siege operation officially began.

The defenders at the head of the city were horrified to see that in the deafening horns and rumbling war drums, 90 steel heavy dragon bombarders with silver and gray light were slowly pushed by the Tang gunners to about a thousand meters outside the Yongchang City Gate before they stopped on the spot.

Next, the Don gunners began to fix the gun mounts, adjust the angle of fire, reload gunpowder and shells, and soon made preparations for battle.

These 90 heavy dragon cannons are lined up along the north wall of Yongchang City, majestic and majestic, and have an invincible spirit that sweeps the world. The muzzle of the black hole is like countless thick phallic objects pointing proudly, straight towards the high Yongchang city wall opposite.

The awe-inspiring momentum of these artillery, even if it was just seen from a distance, made the Deng Kai troops defending the city weak in fright.