685 The End of the Crossbow

As soon as King Talong left, his celebratory voices dropped a lot. Most people's attention turned to look at the battlefield outside the city again. Until this time, looking at the corpses on their side, they finally came to their senses one by one.

In this battle, it is estimated that the Kunda tribe, which was once considered powerful in Dongwu, is considered to be useless. The other two tribes fled quickly, but many people died. When the war was fought like this, how could it be as joyful as if the battle had been won?

Is it the kind of weak fighting strong, and winning even if you don't win? However, it is clear that in this battle, the Ming army is only 5,000 men and horses, but on Dongwu's side, about 30,000 men and horses have been dispatched, which is stronger and which is weaker?

While they reflected on all this, the remnants of the Kunda tribe who had escaped from the Ascension to heaven, as well as the other two tribes, had the courage to return to the battlefield to collect the bodies of their relatives and friends.

Seeing that the people who were still talking vividly not long ago were lying there and did not move anymore, many people came from their hearts and cried "woo". Soon, there was a cry outside the city, and the loudness of the gathering sound finally washed away the joyful thoughts of all the Dongwu people who didn't know where they came from.

The Dongwu soldiers above and below the city, whether they were the leaders or the low-level soldiers, all looked at the Ming army camp in the distance, and then looked at the corpse collectors who were crying, and they couldn't help but feel very heavy.

Although the war elephant troops of King Talong stopped the pursuit of the Ming army, it was only 5,000 Ming troops. What's more, there is also the artillery of the Ming army that restrained the war elephant troops, this time in the battle of Ava, can Dongwu still win?

The concept of the incomparably powerful Ming army once again penetrated into the hearts of these Dongwu people, and even strengthened it even more than before!

The question that these Dongwu people are thinking about now is what King Ta Long has already thought of in the city, and it is also the reason why his face quickly became gloomy.

Back in the palace, when there were no outsiders, he suddenly sighed deeply, and his expression seemed to be a lot older: This battle is really not easy to fight!

However, after all, he was the king of Dongwu who had been in charge of Dongwu for many years, and he quickly hid this heavy mind in his heart. After collecting his thoughts, he turned his head to look at Tai Tai Tun, who was standing respectfully below, and asked, "Since you have already seen the strength of the Ming army, do you have a countermeasure to sacrifice to Lonely?" ”

Sure enough, that's it! Tai Tai Tun thought in his heart, so he played respectfully: "Your Majesty, the last general thinks that the Ming army is just the end of a strong crossbow at this time!" ”

"Huh?" When King Long heard this, he snorted a little dissatisfied, and then said with a somewhat stern expression, "There are no outsiders here, so you have to listen to the truth, understand?" ”

"Your Majesty, what the last general said is indeed the truth!" Taetae listened and immediately replied respectfully again.

Subsequently, he saw that King Ta Long was showing signs of madness, so he hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, the last general has thought that such a powerful artillery firearm of the Ming army is actually quite gunpowder-intensive. If there is no gunpowder, it is just a burning stick, and it is useless at all......"

Hearing this, King Long's eyes suddenly lit up, and obviously his mood immediately changed.

And Taytayton was still there and continued: "...... The Ming army came from afar, and the army had to bring grain and grass, gunpowder, artillery, etc., and they had to bring far more things than the last general imagined. And the Ming army is so powerful that it needs these things to support. In today's battle, presumably the consumption of the Ming army will not be less. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, raised his voice, and emphatically emphasized: "The war between us and the Ming State consumes people, and the Ming army consumes logistics. The king was wise and powerful, and he had already made a decision to cut off the grain route of the Ming army. In this way, what about the Ming army today, it is not the end of the crossbow? ”

"Not bad, not bad!" King Long nodded, already with a little smile on his face, and said, "That's what Lone thinks. Yes, that's what Lone thinks. ”

Speaking of this, he praised Tai Tai Tun again: "Among all the people who look at Lone, except for Lone, you understand the weakness of the Ming Army the most. Now the matter of cutting off the grain route of the Ming army is urgent. In this matter, you come to assist Lone, and Lone himself will catch it! ”

"The last general obeys!" Tai Tai Tun listened to it, he was very happy, it seems that the haze in the heart of the king of Yunnan before the defeat is gone, this is really a good thing!

Subsequently, the two of them began to discuss the details, and then on the one hand, they ordered all armies not to engage the Ming army head-on, and on the other hand, they inquired about the situation of the Ming army's grain and grass through the previously deployed Neiying.

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On the side of the Ming army, after Cao Bianjiao led the army back to the camp, all the generals congratulated him. And Cao Bianjiao also responded with a smile, and finally fought a hearty battle and performed in front of the emperor.

As for the faint cheers coming from Ava City, although the Ming army heard it, they didn't care. In this battle, the Ming army won completely. The barbarian cheers were just to congratulate them that they didn't have a bigger defeat!

In front of Emperor Chongzhen, Cao Bianjiao was a little more modest and said: "Your Majesty, the last general is incompetent and has not been able to continue to expand the results of the battle in one go. ”

"Huh!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he smiled and said, "Cao Qing's appetite is not small, and he can still eat all the soldiers of Dongwu in one go?" Look at Zhou Qing and Huang Qing, will they agree? ”

"That's it!" When Zhou Yuji heard this, he was the first to jump out and say to Cao Bianjiao, "More than 200,000 Dongwu troops, why don't you score some of us?" ”

Huang Degong also said jokingly: "You're not afraid that you won't be able to hold on!" ”

In the Chinese military tent, the atmosphere was very relaxed, and all the generals had smiles on their faces.

Emperor Chongzhen made them lively for a while, and then he smiled and said: "This battle has dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Dongwu army, and then the various armies will take turns to attack and continue to attack the morale of the Dongwu army. When the time is ripe for a decisive battle! ”

"The last will obey!" When all the generals in the Chinese army tent heard this, they all lined up together, clasped their fists in unison, and their voices were firm and powerful.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he nodded and dispersed the military discussion.

As for the small tricks of King Talong, he didn't feel the need to talk to these generals, just wait for them to perform, and then lure out the Dongwu army that was hiding in the shadows, and annihilate it in one fell swoop.

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This time, the movement of the two armies fighting, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and the sound of guns and artillery spread far away. The people of the surrounding tribes are all paying attention to this war. A day later, ten by ten, by ten, by hundred, almost all of them knew the outcome of the battle.

"Have you heard of it, and finally the fight started, that movement, it's really a big one!"

"But no, I was in Jiulipu at the time, and I heard the movement of the battle over there, and I heard that the Ming army won?"

"Of course the Ming army won, you don't want to think about it, this Ming army is personally led by the Ming Emperor, and it is the legendary Imperial Forest Army. Every soldier is one in a hundred. You can imagine how many people there are in the Ming Kingdom, and in the end, only tens of thousands of people were selected, but it is not one hundred! ”

"That's right, I heard that the Ming army only dispatched a thousand men and horses, and the king of Dongwu sent 100,000 horses, what happened, he was killed by the Ming army and lost his armor, and the discarded corpses alone were about as high as the city wall!"

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Even if it is more reliable at the beginning, it will naturally be exaggerated later. In this way, the strength of the Ming army is even deeper into the hearts of the Dongwu people.

For those tribes who have already expressed their allegiance to the Ming Dynasty, they are all elated, and when they hear the news of such a great victory, they immediately prepare gifts and rush to comfort the army and win favor in front of the Ming Emperor.

And those tribes on the side of the king of Dongwu began to worry. If the Ming army wins in the end, they, the tribes on the side of the king of Dongwu, will all be captured by the Ming army to build roads and bridges!

As a result, some tribes began to waver. For the future of the clan, he also began to prepare gifts, and he had to go to the Ming army to show his allegiance.

Morale is not just something that the military has. It is the hearts of people who are affected, and as long as it is a person, it will be affected. And these things outside the city are not something that King Talong can control.

So, from the next day, the Ming army camp continued to come from the surrounding area. Everyone was not empty-handed, but racked their brains to think about what the Ming army would like here, and they would give it away.

Many of them, from the initial contact with the Ming army, already knew that the Ming army's expedition to Dongwu was difficult to travel, so the most scarce was food, and the most popular was also food.

Therefore, many tribes sent their grain stocks for the first time, or the second time, or even the third time, to the camp of the Ming army.

Of course, there are also some people who give others, such as a lot of agate jadeite from Dongwu, or various unique fruits.

Emperor Chongzhen specially asked Jinyi Wei to command Li Ruolian to receive these tribal envoys here, and recorded their merits in supporting Daming at this time.

The identity of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, even if the Dongwu people have never heard of it before, as long as they have a little dealing, they can know how noble it is. In this way, these messengers felt that the Ming Emperor valued them, and they were even more enthusiastic.

However, the patriarch of one of the tribes looked at all this, especially at the carts of grain, waiting in line for the Ming army to accept it, and he gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart: the king still wanted to cut off the Ming army's food route, but now, just the food provided by these traitors to the Ming army is estimated to be enough for the Ming army to support for one more month. If you count the same amount of food transported by the Ming army, the food to be consumed on the road is added, no wonder the Ming army is all smiling.

These traitors, what a favor this is for the Ming army! The king also explained that the army is the end of the strong crossbow, he should really come to see for himself, the Ming army seems to be the end of the strong crossbow?

If Donggo dies, they will be sinners through the ages!

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