1033 Defeated
Hearing this, those ministers of civil and military affairs who were a little gloomy, as well as the leaders of the Tusi who had taken refuge in him, all looked up at him. Those who understood knew that he had found a scapegoat, and now he wanted to restore his low morale after being hit so hard by the Ming army. As for whether Meng Mi can be defeated, this is hard to say, at least if it is not at a big cost, it is impossible to defeat Meng Mi.
And those who didn't understand, after hearing these words of King Talong, couldn't help but rekindle their hope. They felt that their king was right, and that the traitor had been killed by the king, even though he had been defeated miserably. But the number of the army is still many times that of the Ming army in the city, and although the losses are a little heavier, it is not impossible to win the Ming army.
At least as Gu Zhaoshi said before he died, he would be defeated by the Ming army and escorted to Beijing, which was an impossible thing to happen. It's a big deal not to beat Meng Mi, pat his ass and leave, would the Ming army dare to go out of the city to chase him? If that's the case, it's death!
Standing on that high platform, King Talong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the faces of the people. When he looked up at Meng Mi, who was flying the Ming banner in the distance, he couldn't help but feel hatred in his heart.
In his heart, he actually believed the words of the Gu Zhao Master, and knew that the Gu Zhao Master did not lie to him. He also felt that the Ming army should not have believed in these Tusi troops from the beginning, so they would hide it.
Although King Ta Long thought of this, he was a little sore again. I don't know how many of the Ming army's weapons to defend the city are, unless they spend their lives. But Dongwu originally had a small population. In the past, there were many wars for years, and the population in the prime of life was lost every year.
Who doesn't want to expand their territory? Who doesn't want to conquer the Quartet and reign over the world? But Dongwu had already reached the point where he had to recuperate, so he had to stop expanding externally and start a strategy of recuperation.
Now that this battle has lost a lot of Dongwu's elites, if you take Dongwu's lives to fill it, it will be consumed...... King Long thought about it, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and sighed in his heart, if he could catch the people of the Ming Kingdom, then he wouldn't be so entangled in whether to attack Meng Mi or not!
If it really doesn't work, let's go back first! King Long thought about the power of the firearm in the Ming Kingdom, and finally sighed in his heart and thought.
He withdrew his gaze from the head of Mengmi City, glanced at the officials and generals below, and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw a fast horse galloping towards him. Those who can ride fast horses in the army are generally messengers.
The rapid sound of horses' hooves is quite noticeable when it is a little quiet. Almost all the people who heard it turned their heads to look. They wondered in their hearts, not knowing where the messenger came from?
The king's banner was waving in the wind, and no one needed to say anything, but the horse came quickly, and the banner on his back showed that the messenger had sent a hundred thousand urgent news.
Under the watchful eye of all, the messenger approached the front and back, and before the horse could slow down under his crotch, he leaped off his horse, and staggered, losing his agility, and did not fall into a dog's crawling style. The guards on the side stepped forward, stopped him, and whispered to him, but did not return to King Talon, and let the messenger go.
At this moment, everyone was surprised. Looking at the messenger's panicked face, many people faintly felt a little bad. So they paid more attention to the messenger.
I saw this messenger kneeling in front of King Talong, barely suppressed his breath, and said loudly: "Your Highness, the Ming army has suddenly appeared and is attacking Baojing, please send reinforcements quickly!" ”
"Boom", a thunderclap on the ground, exploded on the heads of King Long and others who heard the news, shaking them dizzy, the first thought, how is this possible?
When the messenger saw that King Talon was stupid, he hurriedly urged again: "Please send reinforcements quickly, Your Highness!" ”
When he saw the sudden appearance of the Ming army in Baojing, he was also extremely shocked, although the defenders were elite, and they sent him over to report the news as soon as possible, but he was still very anxious in his heart, and he didn't know how the war was going on there, so he could only urge him to send troops as soon as possible.
He had to remind him again, and King Long finally came back to his senses, and the face that was pretending to be relaxed and smiling just now could no longer hide the panic in his heart. It was a place where the grain and grass of the army were piled up, and if it was captured by the Ming army, the consequences would be unimaginable.
However, he is also a hero, and he has experienced a lot of things, so he was not so frightened that he didn't pay attention to it, and immediately asked for details. After receiving the messenger's reply, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, at least the treasure has not been lost. With the elite stationed there, even if you can't resist the Ming army, you can at least hold on to reinforcements.
Thinking so, he immediately shouted an order, ordered his henchman Shi Demeng, and ordered him to rush to Baojing as quickly as possible for reinforcements. After that, he felt that this was not enough, and ordered two more generals to send reinforcements.
In the process, those Tusi leaders who took refuge in Dongwu were simply dumbfounded. The Ming army not only had the weapons to defend the city, but also unknowingly sent troops to attack the rear of the Dongwu army. And looking at it like this, it seems that Baojing is a very important place, and nine times out of ten it is a place where grain and grass are hoarded, how is this done? If that's the case, wouldn't it be impossible for the Donggo army to even withdraw?
They were originally worried about the withdrawal of the Dongwu army, after all, their territory was still in the hands of the Ming army, and if the Dongwu army withdrew, they would not be able to cope with the Ming kingdom's autumn reckoning. But now that I hear it, the Dongwu army is likely to be defeated, so what should they do?
Seeing that a general was busy mobilizing troops, someone asked King Talong: "Your Highness, where did this Ming army come from?" Why is it that there is no warning in advance, and it usually appears out of thin air? ”
When King Talong heard this, he also wondered. As a person who leads the army to fight all the year round, how can he not guard against his own back road and protect his own grain route. There is a narrow pass on the official road behind him, and the army on this side is enough to cover that side, and it is impossible for any Ming army to sneak over if he wants to prevent the army from discovering it.
Even more than that, when King Talong went out to fight against Meng Mi, he also guarded against Mu Bang and Meng Yang at the same time. Not to mention, Meng Yang is too far away, and there are its own troops deployed on the side of the Dajinsha River, so it is basically impossible for the Ming army to start from where to sneak attack their rear. And although Mubang is close, there are also troops to guard against the roads that can be taken over there! And he still has a little doubt, the Ming army that can move should be concentrated in Mengmi, so where did the Ming army come from, and it can suddenly appear in Baojing?
These doubts of King Talong are also known to his important courtiers, so one of the courtiers put forward his own opinion: "Your Highness, it is absolutely impossible for many Ming troops to appear in Baojing, there are three reasons......"
After a bunch of balabala, he confidently concluded: "In this way, His Royal Highness has an elite arrangement in Baojing, and even guards it like an army, just with a little Ming army strength, if you want to take Baojing, Weichen thinks that it is basically impossible!" Even ......"
When he said this, he paused, glanced at his colleagues and then said loudly: "It is possible that by the time His Highness sends reinforcements over, those Ming troops have already been defeated, and the heads of their generals are on the way to be sent!" ”
Listening to his analysis, King Ta Long felt that there was some truth. He had faith in the army he had left behind. He couldn't have been in such an important place, just putting a miscellaneous army.
Seeing that King Long was nodding slightly, the other ministers got the opportunity and analyzed it one after another.
"The Ming army definitely didn't expect His Highness to arrange an elephant army, maybe the Ming army won't be able to steal chickens and rice this time!"
"Exactly, with such a heavy grain and grass, how can the Ming army say that it can be stolen? This time, I want to let them see how powerful His Highness is! ”
“……”
There was a lot of discussion here, it was impossible to attack Meng Mi, and Shi Demeng and other generals who received the order basically mobilized the army, hurried to bid farewell to King Talong, and then prepared to lead the army to set off.
But at this moment, I suddenly saw the end in the distance, and there seemed to be a commotion. It's just so far away that I don't know what's going on over there?
King Taron was still puzzled, and when his military judge was angrily instructing his men to prepare to go and see, he saw that the commotion there seemed to be contagious, and it quickly spread to other places.
Suddenly, King Ta Long immediately felt a little bad, and hurriedly urged the military judge to deal with it quickly, and find out the situation and report back.
However, before the military judge could leave, he saw an officer rushing from a distance, and even pushed away the guards standing guard on the periphery, and while rushing inside, he shouted loudly: "Your Highness, it's not good, Your Highness, it's not good, it's not good, the treasure well is lost, the treasure well is lost, the treasure well is lost......"
It stands to reason that if you experience the same thing too many times, you will be immune. But this time, after King Talong was shocked one after another, he was once again stunned there. I just didn't believe it in my heart, how could the treasure well that hoarded grain and grass, the treasure well that was tightly guarded, and the treasure well where the elite was stationed be lost so quickly? No way, it's absolutely impossible!
The civilian, official and military generals who had just analyzed the Tao were also dumbfounded, and their mouths opened wide one by one, and they couldn't close together! Just now, they didn't pat him on the back of King Long, but they really thought so, how could the Ming army take the treasure well so quickly?
Before their shock was over, the officer who came to the police in a panic shouted out even more incredible news, or it could also be said to be desperate news: "Your Highness, those Ming troops launched an attack on Baojing from the south, saying that the 100,000 troops of the Ming Kingdom have captured Ava and captured Ava......"
King Ta Long didn't feel stupid this time, but his body shook a few times, and he almost fainted. Thanks to the quick eyes of the guards beside him, he helped him at once, so that he did not fall to the ground. However, although he was supported, his courtiers, especially a few civil officials, had no one to help, and they fainted on the ground when they heard the sound.
Compared to them, those Tusi leaders who rebelled in battle, all of them were leaders, and their physical resistance was stronger. Hearing such a big news, although they didn't faint, a few of them fell to the ground, muttering to themselves, and they didn't know what they were talking about.
The news just now is too exciting, as long as a person knows that if Baojing is lost, the army will be in danger, and Ava is lost, then this army will basically be inexorable, and everyone will die outside, and the number of 100,000 Ming troops will not be beaten!
It was only for a while, and the panic of the army in the south had spread more and more widely. Obviously, there is a saying that has been fulfilled, good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.
Rescued by the guards, King Talong came to his senses, pushed the guards away, staggered to his feet, waved his hands, and shouted, "Impossible, impossible! No way! Come, pull down the thief who bewitches the people, and behead the public! ”
When the officer heard this, he was immediately frightened, and hurriedly defended loudly: "Your Highness, the defeated soldiers of Baojing have already escaped, and they said it themselves, if Your Highness doesn't believe it, the last general should let them come and tell you." ”
He didn't know that King Ta Long was holding on to luck and didn't want what he said to be true. His answer immediately shattered his luck mentality. It's just that after such a while, King Ta Long seems to have aged a lot.
However, he was a ruthless man who could seize the throne, and soon came back to his senses, and when he saw that the chaos was about to spread to the whole army, he immediately said loudly: "There will definitely not be many Ming troops, and the army will immediately go and go to recapture Baojing and Ava!" Otherwise, everyone will die here! ”
Although he gave this order, the news had already spread throughout the army by this time. If the armies were in their respective camps at this time, the news would not have spread so quickly. The key is that at this time, the siege was attacked by Meng Miming's army, and everyone was demoralized and were waiting for a response to rest.
Moreover, rumors, even if they are spread face-to-face, as long as there are more people in the middle, the news will become more and more varied, or more and more exaggerated.
"Oh no, the Ming army has occupied Ava!"
"500,000 Ming troops, a sea of people, will occupy Ava at once!"
"Not only Ava, but our country is gone, and millions of Ming troops are coming to our side!"
“……”
In Meng Mi's Dongwu army, a lot of elites have died, and in today's Dongwu army, the largest number is just ordinary soldiers, of course, there are countless people, their military discipline is naturally not high, or even not at all, as soon as they hear the rumors, some people are afraid.
The military order of King Talong has not yet been handed down, and some people have begun to run away, if they run slowly, millions of Ming troops, what is the concept, kill them at once, and there will be no bones left.
And the running of the people, like dominoes, had a chain reaction, which drove the other people to scatter and flee, and then those ordinary Dongwu soldiers also lost their armor and did not argue about the running of the south, southeast and northwest.
At the head of Mengmi City, King Tang, who had come to the city before, first looked at the charred corpses under the city, and the corpses lying all over the city vomited for a while, and then he unexpectedly found that the Dongwu army outside the city was in chaos, so chaotic that he couldn't believe his eyes.
However, Deng Kelu was more calm, but he also said with a smile: "Dongwu is defeated!" We won! ”