Although he didn't know the old saying in ancient China, he also understood the same meaning, that is, one drum, then decline, three and exhaustion. If you can't capture Meng Mi when morale is high, and you can't succeed in repeated attacks, then the blow to the morale of the army will definitely be great. He didn't want to see this kind of situation.

Now that the Ming army should be placed outside the city, it is not feasible to lure the Ming army to open the city for reinforcements, so there is only one way, to attack and crush Meng Mi with a strong force. And the first step to do this is to clear the Tusi camp outside the city!

For this, after today's events, King Ta Long still has confidence. So he immediately arranged for it to go down, and after lunch, the army began to make preparations for the siege with great fanfare again. Just in front of the various Tusi camps, the movement was very loud, as if he was going to strike with all his strength to defeat these camps.

This kind of momentum is indeed very psychologically stressful for the Tusi troops from all walks of life. In the morning battle, they saw two Tusi armies defecting to the enemy, which had an equally great impact on them.

King Ta Long deliberately arranged the men in front, and after observing the nervousness of the Tusi army, he felt that the time was almost up, and began to shout.

"Our Highness said that as long as you surrender, it will be our friend of Dongwu, and the matter of helping the Ming army will not be investigated in the past!"

"If you don't surrender, the army will attack in a while, and there will be no armor left! Wait for us to defeat Meng Mi, and then go and fight your territory, you can do it, right? ”

"My Dongwu army is invincible, the Ming army will definitely be annihilated, surrender as soon as possible!"

“……”

Even Longchuan Tusi and other people who surrendered to Dongwu were among these shouters, and they showed up to say the word to the camp under Mengmi City.

"Ming Guo doesn't treat us as human beings, and arranges us outside the city, just to let us die, right?"

"Ming Guo is actually nothing remarkable, with King Ta Long here, don't be afraid!"

"The Ming Kingdom was overwhelmed by Dajin in the north, and he couldn't take care of the small border land on our side at all."

"King Ta Long said, now that you surrender, Mengmi's jade mine, everyone has a share, if the army attacks, you will only have a dead end!"

“……”

I have to say that in the context of the great fanfare of the Dongwu army preparing to attack, this kind of persuasion, especially the persuasion of the two surrendered Tusi, still had a great impact. In the camps of many Tusi troops, morale was low and there was a lot of discussion.

The situation outside the city is so lively, it is naturally impossible for the city not to hear it. After inspecting the circle, Deng Kelu understood his intentions of King Long, and couldn't help sneering in his heart, did he really think that Da Ming would rely on these Tusi troops to defeat Dongwu?

Before, the factory guards had already investigated and knew about the recurrence of these border toasts. The meaning of the emperor's order is to take this opportunity to identify which ones are loyal to the Ming Dynasty? As for the rest, it is not important, those who dare to join the enemy in battle, when this battle is won, their territory will be destroyed, and the Xuanwei Division will be abolished, and there is just enough reason to implement the reform of the land and return to the stream.

The strength of the Ming Dynasty is not something that you small border countries can imagine. I didn't take it seriously before, but now the emperor is paying attention to this war and mobilizing the army from the southwest region to come over, wait and see!

Although he thought so, what should be done still had to be done, and Deng Kelu immediately asked the soldiers of the Ming army to spread the word at the head of the city and tell the various Tusi in the camp under the city.

"Surrendering to the enemy is an unforgivable sin!"

"The imperial court has sent a large army to help, and Dongwu will be destroyed soon!"

“……”

It's not like Dongwu's side, which is threatening and tempting in a variety of ways, and it takes a lot of effort; The Ming army emphasized two points, don't destroy the cave, and those who surrender to the enemy die!

To tell the truth, these Tusi armies are still afraid of the behemoth-like Ming from the bottom of their hearts. But over the years, the inaction of the Ming Dynasty on the southwest borderlands and the arrogance of the Dongwu army many times have made them despise the Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of which, regarding this, the previous Ming Dynasty's response was indeed shit in the eyes of later generations. Not to mention anything else, originally Meng Yang Tusi and Dongwu were feuds, and they resolutely resisted Dongwu. When the Dongwu army attacked, together with the generals of the Ming army, Dongwu was defeated, and if he took advantage of the victory to pursue, it was estimated that the Donghu Dynasty would have been finished. However, the local officials of the Ming Dynasty not only ordered to stop the pursuit, but even let the Dongwu soldiers captured by Meng Yang be put back, and comforted Dongwu with good words, which was just a conflict between the two tribes on the border, which gave the Donghu Dynasty a chance to relax, and finally made a comeback, not only destroying Meng Yang, but also attacking the interior to burn and loot.

In the original history, the Ming Dynasty was restrained by the construction of Liaodong, and was overwhelmed by the thieves in the northwest interior, and there were beacons everywhere, so there was still room to take care of the small things in the southwest border. The huge empire, in this southwestern frontier, has not even returned to the light.

Therefore, even in this plane, the Ming army has organized an army and recovered Mengyang, Mengmi and Mubang, but in the hearts of these Tusi, it is Dongwu who is more threatening. In the face of the pressure of the immediate attack of the Dongwu army, under the background of the Ming army and the Dongwu both shouting, many people hesitated, and even a little biased towards the side of Donggo.

The imperial army came to help, they don't believe such nonsense!

At this time, suddenly, a Tusi army rushed out of the camp, ran to Dongwu's side, and chose to surrender Dongwu. The Ming army did not relent, and immediately attacked, but this time, it happened suddenly, and the long-range weapons such as archers distributed in this section were limited, although they killed some mutineers with their backs to the city wall, but finally let most of the mutineers throw themselves on Dongwu's side.

King Talong in the distance, this time he was still on that platform, but he had not enjoyed the wine and food, he had been staring at the city, and after seeing this scene, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

This Tusi army was the one he lured down with the Longchuan Tusi in advance and became the one that became the internal response. If there is no chance to lure the Ming army out of the city, it will be used as an example, and it can be regarded as a good use.

In fact, there is also a usage for this internal response. That is, they will not be exposed, but they will fight fiercely, until the Tusi army outside the city can no longer rely on the defense of the camp, withdraw to the city, and then cooperate with the outside in the city to take Meng Mi.

But this usage, which can only be thought of, is absolutely not feasible. After all, on the Tusi side, it is not Dongwu's subordinates, but more of an alliance or a vassal relationship. If this method is followed, who knows when the Ming army will open the city gate and let them retreat to the city? In case he was beaten by Dongwu and suffered heavy losses, and even the entire army was wiped out and he couldn't retreat to the city, then who would shout this grievance to, at least on the side of the Tusi army, would definitely not dare to take such a big risk. King Taron was also helpless about this.

However, Neoying set an example at this time, and under the public's court, he blatantly took refuge in Donggo, and stood with Donggo's army as if they were brothers, and finally gave the other Tusi troops who were hesitant to make a decision.

Soon, another Tusi army was in an uproar on the spot and threw itself on Dongwu's side. With the first and second, there was the third, and for a while, half of the Tusi army was thrown in one go.

Seeing this, King Ta Long finally showed a smile on his face and laughed. His civil servants, seeing that their king was in a good mood, immediately became active again.

"Your Highness is famous, and the enemy is terrified!"

"So many Tusi troops are coming to the battle, Weichen congratulates His Highness, congratulates His Highness!"

"Your Highness, this clever move is good, the Ming army is dumbfounded now, and the morale must have been greatly hit!"

“……”

King Long listened with a smile, and after a while, he held his hand very imposingly for a while, and immediately ordered: "Beat the drum to cheer, the three-way drum is finished, and those who do not surrender will be killed!" ”

The earth-shattering drum sounded immediately, and this momentum could be said to be earth-shattering, and every drum sound resounded in the hearts of everyone inside and outside Mengmi City. Even Tang Wang, who was making up for sleep, woke up, but when he saw Zhong Lizhi's calm smile, he remembered that he had made up for it, so he went to make up for sleep with confidence.

But outside the city, Tusi didn't know the hole cards of the Ming army, and under such power, there was a Tusi army that rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and threw itself into the Dongwu army. By the time the three-way drum was finished, there were only two Tusi armies outside Mengmi City.

These two Tusi armies are both close to Yongchang Mansion, a little far away from Dongwu. Therefore, they know more about Da Ming than other toasts, and they have less fear of Dongwu than other toasts. Although he heard Dongwu's coercion and temptation, and when he saw that the other Tusi troops were constantly surrendering to the enemy, and the Ming army at the head of the city had little to do, he also had no idea of moving to the enemy.

Deng Kelu couldn't help but nod as he watched the two Tusi armies strengthen the defense of the camp. Lujiang Pacification Division and Wadian Pacification Division, it's okay!

After the drums were over, the battle finally began. However, this time the fighting was mainly concentrated on the only two camps outside the city. Although the Dongwu army attacked with all their might, with the support of the Ming army at the head of the city, they did not finally attack the camp, and the corpses left in one place were withdrawn.

This time, King Talong's face was normal, his main combat goal had been achieved, and it was only a matter of time before the two nails outside the city were pulled out. Next, it's time to prepare for the official siege.

So, during the rest, under the supervision of the Dongwu soldiers, the Dongwu people dug the soil and filled the trench, leaving a place of corpses, and even the corpses were pushed into the trench, and finally all the trenches were filled.

Subsequently, the army began to attack the city, but the main direction of attack of the Dongwu army was still the camp of the Lujiang Tusi and Wadian Tusi armies. This time, because the attack of the Dongwu army was smoother, a bloody battle began under the city, the outer camps changed hands several times, and the casualties of the defending Tusi army increased, of course, the Dongwu army as the attacking side suffered more casualties.

It was nearly evening, and the Donggo army finally returned in vain. The losses of the Tusi army in the two places were about thirty percent, and if there was no way out, it was estimated that they would have been defeated. At this time, their morale was a little low. Listening to the moans of their injured comrades, everyone's hearts were heavy, and they didn't know if they would survive in the end!

There are so many Tusi troops who surrender to the enemy in front of the battle, the Ming army in the city will definitely be cautious, it is definitely impossible for Kaesong to bring his own people into the city, and he doesn't even dare to go out of the city, after all, there are so many Dongwu troops! This time, I'm afraid I'm going to die under the city!

When the whole Tusi army was thinking like this, they saw the city gate open and a group of Ming troops leaving the city, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

King Talong, who was in the distance, sighed a little, if only the Ming army had opened the city gate earlier. Even he vaguely regretted it, the acting with Longchuan Tusi at the beginning seemed to be too fake, he should really kill some like this, and the reward he gave was more, as long as Gu Zhaoshi did not die, then he might still agree. It's just that it's really inconvenient for the two sides to contact, which is a pity.

"This official came on the orders of His Highness, and His Highness is deeply pleased with your performance. The officers have brought all the ordnance and materials, and if you wait for the wounded, the officers will bring them back to the city for treatment. His Royal Highness also explained that the imperial army was already on the way to reinforcements, although there were many Dongwu troops, they were vulnerable, and this war would soon be over! ”

Listening to the relay of the officials of the Ming Kingdom, the leaders of the two Tusi couldn't help but be a little happy. If this battle can really be won, then the practice of sticking to the loyalty to the Ming Dynasty will inevitably be rewarded by the imperial court under the contrast of other toasts! The Ming army's practice of replenishing ordnance and materials and relocating wounded soldiers also made them see that the Ming army would not really ignore them. This time, their morale was much higher, and they thought that the imperial army would arrive as soon as possible.

On the third day after the arrival of the Dongwu army, King Talong ordered another storm, and after paying the price of a corpse again, the two Tusi camps had been almost destroyed, and the loss of personnel was more than ordinary. At this time, the two Tusi combined less than 1,000 people and finally withdrew to the city. Mengmi City was all exposed to the eyes of the Dongwu army.

This situation made King Long a little dissatisfied. Originally, he thought that under the coercion and temptation, as well as the internal example, Meng Mi's peripheral defense should be able to be taken down quickly. Unexpectedly, in the end, it took three days and a lot of casualties to take it, which was a bit far from what he expected.

He was also worried that Meng Mi had been fighting for a long time, and that the Ming Dynasty would have reinforcements. Therefore, on the fourth day, he convened a military meeting again, and strictly ordered that he must attack with all his strength today and take Meng Mi. And gave a heavy reward, the first to climb the head of Mengmi City, the reward was ten thousand taels of silver, and he was promoted to three levels in a row!

I have to say that this is the highest reward for King Taron in recent years, and it can be said that he has paid blood. All of a sudden, all the generals under his command roared, vowing to be the first to climb the city and attack the city.

At the same time, Baojing, not far south of Mengmi, was the concentration of grain and grass materials for King Talong's army. An elite army was stationed here, guarding this important stronghold in the rear. The people in the rear are still transporting supplies here, and many people are transporting grain and grass from here to the front line. The national army is in Mengmi, and the amount of grain and grass required for this is also sky-high.