Le Tongwu brought back the good news that the Taiping army had captured Guiyang, and also brought back the information that Lin Tianqing, the governor of Yunnan, intended to surrender, and the Ming army also obtained a batch of grain, grass and medicinal materials from Lin Tianqing from Taluo on the border. Although the number of pen, fun and pavilion www.biquge.info is not large, it is undoubtedly a relief for the Ming army, which lacks medical treatment and medicine.

All of a sudden, Yunnan was about to be recovered, and the good news that the king of Jin could lead everyone to return to the country spread all over the Ming army camps in the area of Mengma and Mengyang, and the Ming army outside the border and their families were excited and cheered for the good news.

Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, and Bai Wenxuan, the king of Gongchang, were also pleasantly surprised, and they had already ordered each battalion to pack up their belongings and be ready to pull out the camp and return north at any time. However, after more than half a month, the Ming army found that the Wu army stationed at the border still had not withdrawn, except for the envoy who could enter the border, the rest of the people were still blocked from the border.

The envoy sent by the King of Jin received a vague reply from the Wu army in the border. As the days passed, there was still no movement on the Yunnan side, which made the Ming army, including the King of Jin, confused, and anxious at the same time, not knowing what was going on.

Le Tongwu once again left Mengma with a handwritten letter written by the King of Jin to Lin Tianqing, the governor of Yunnan, and Shao Jiugong, the commander of the Taiping Army in Guizhou, and entered Yunnan through Taluo.

Le Tongwu was warmly received by Lin Tianqing's subordinates all the way and was sent to Kunming. However, after arriving in Kunming, Le Tongwu failed to see Lin Tianqing, because the latter went to western Yunnan to contact Tusi in various places to prepare for the change of banner, and he could not rush back to Kunming for the time being. As for Le Tongwu's request for grain and grass, Kunming also politely refused on the grounds that he was also short of food.

Although Le Tongwu was in a hurry, he also knew that Yunnan Yizhi was a big matter, and the attitude of those Tusi was very important, so he didn't think much about it, and asked people to go back and tell the King of Jin, he was waiting for Lin Tianqing to come back in Kunming, and at the same time sent people to Guiyang to inquire about the progress of the negotiations between the Taiping Army and Lin Tianqing. And presented a handwritten letter from the King of Jin, in which the King of Jin clearly stated his attitude towards the country, that is, Emperor Dingwu of the Southern Capital was Zhengshuo.

This attitude was also the condition for the king of Jin to decide to ask the king of Qi for help. Recognizing Emperor Dingwu as Zhengshuo means that the King of Jin has officially become a courtier of Dingwu and will no longer support Prince Yongli, making his return to China a reliance for some people in China to set up a new monarch.

The news sent back by Le Tongwu made the King of Jin and the King of Gongchang temporarily press the heart of the urgent return to China, there are priorities, Yunnan Yizhi is a big matter, and Lin Tianqing, who is the person in charge, must do it in all aspects to ensure that nothing goes wrong. However, the situation in the army is deteriorating day by day, which makes the King of Jin very worried.

As the weather became hotter day by day, miasma once again ravaged the Ming army. In less than six days, there were more than 150 soldiers who died of illness, more than 400 people in their families, and as many as 1,000 people who were dyed into service.

Faced with this situation, Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, could do nothing but be heartbroken and anxious. The military medicinal materials are extremely limited, and there is really no way to save so many people who are dyed into service. In the end, the king of Jin could only endure the pain and ordered the soldiers to be isolated and the dead to be cremated on the spot to prevent the service from spreading.

All of a sudden, the morale of the Ming army, which had been boosted by the improvement of the domestic situation, fell into a slump again. The grain, grass and medicinal materials that Lin Tianqing received were also running out, and the Ming army once again fell into a situation of lack of medical care and food, struggling on the death line.

After discovering that the Ming army was dyed, the Burmese thought that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and sent troops to loot a camp for the families of the Ming army, resulting in the killing of more than 500 Ming soldiers. After the incident, the king of Jin was furious and personally led 1,200 elite soldiers and three war elephants to attack the Burmese army's Wuguakou River camp at night, killing more than 2,000 enemies. It's a pity that the Burmese army set fire to the camp when they withdrew, so that the Ming army captured very little, and even couldn't replenish the losses.

After this battle, the Burmese side no longer dared to contact the Ming army, and the Burmese king was deeply aware that no matter how many times his soldiers and horses were larger than the Ming army, he could not destroy them, but continued to lose his troops, and if this continued, his prestige would be lost, after all, he relied on killing his brother to ascend to the throne. Therefore, the Burmese king ordered the destruction of all the bridges leading to the royal city and the execution of all Han Chinese in the territory, so as to prevent future troubles forever. He was determined to let the Ming army not get a grain of rice or medicine in Burma, and starved to death and died of disease at the border.

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The victory in the Battle of Wuguakou River failed to solve the internal and external troubles of the Ming army, and more and more people died of illness every day, and the camp burned corpses both day and night.

When the Ming army first arrived in Mengma, there were more than 5,000 soldiers under the King of Jin, more than 3,000 soldiers under Bai Wenxuan, the king of Gongchang, and more than 2,000 soldiers in Wusan Province who came to meet later, and more than 1,000 Yunnan Tusi soldiers who followed the King of Jin, plus other scattered Ming army stragglers, once as many as 15,000 people, and more than 7,000 families with the army.

But now, there are less than 5,000 people left in the entire Ming army, and the rest are either killed in battle, die of illness, or leave the camp and surrender to the Wu army. There are only more than 4,000 people left in the army's family, and most of their husbands or sons are Shaanxi children from the Great Western Army, who have followed the King of Jin for nearly 20 years, and they have long been integrated with the King of Jin, and it is impossible to leave King Jin.

Faced with this critical situation in the army, Wu Sanxing, Zhao Desheng and other generals believed that they could not wait any longer, and should immediately contact the Taiping Army in Guizhou, and the two families jointly entered Yunnan from the north and south. Otherwise, if we continue to do this, I am afraid that more and more people will die of illness.

Bai Wenxuan, the king of Gongchang, disagreed with Wu Sanxing's opinion, because there were too few active soldiers in the army, and there was a lack of weapons, food and grass. If you take the initiative to attack Yunnan now, you will only be blocked by the passes, as you have done in the past, and the losses will be even greater.

King Jin also did not approve of sending troops, he thought that Lin Tianqing would definitely surrender, and if everyone gritted their teeth and insisted, they would definitely be able to return to China one day.

"Wait, wait, wait! Do you have to wait until the brothers are all dead? ”

The general soldier Zhang Guoyong knelt in front of Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, and begged him to take them back to Yunnan. The king of Jin was very painful, he knew the suffering of the soldiers, and he was also bitter, but the Wu army in Yunnan was not Burmese, if it was really easy to fight, why did he still wander around here, so that the sons and daughters could live a life that was worse than death.

"Wait another three days, and after three days, if the side door is not open, then fight."

King Gongchang sighed, although Zhang Guoyong and Zhao Desheng were his subordinates, they had abandoned him and wanted to surrender to the Qing Dynasty at the beginning, so he was very worried about whether these people would break away from King Jin and him. Instead of that, try your luck with them. If this continues, people's hearts will really collapse.

All the generals had to let go, and the king of Jin had no choice but to agree. He knew that Bai Wenxuan had already fought for himself, and he had also helped the big guy fight for these three days. If the side door is still not open after three days, he can only make a desperate bet. At present, the Taiping army in Guizhou can't save the fire from far away, and if they want to save themselves, they can only grit their teeth and storm the side gate.

After the generals dispersed, King Jin felt sad, since the battle of Mopan Mountain led the soldiers out of the border, he has always felt guilty in his heart. Seeing so many children die in a foreign country with him, even if he is a hard-hearted man, he will always be broken. It is precisely because of this guilt and despair of state affairs that the king of Jin fell ill in this foreign land when he was in his prime. Now, what is strong for him is the belief in bringing these children back to China.

Bai Wenxuan knew the bitterness in King Jin's heart, and he pulled King Jin out of the camp to relax. Along the way, I wanted to say something, but I couldn't say anything.

In the dense forest, there is no starry sky, and the four fields are always dark, and all that can be heard is the small cry in the camp, which is the bird's voice like a ghost.

The King of Jin and the King of Gongchang stood on a high slope and looked at the vast wilderness. The indescribable depression in the hearts of the two.

Suddenly, a voice came down the slope, but it was several soldiers carrying a corpse wrapped in tree bark that was moving forward slowly and with difficulty.

King Jin knew that the bark of the tree must be a soldier who had just died of illness, and his heart was sour, and a line of tears flowed down his eyes.

"Your Highness,"

Bai Wenxuan swallowed in his throat, his eyes covered with tears.

Down the slope, the soldiers were still dragging the corpses of their comrades, who had been malnourished for a long time, so thin that they were not human-shaped, and they were usually reluctant to move around as a last resort. But now, they are dragging desperately. They wanted to send their good brothers on their last journey.

The clearing where the crematories were burned was covered with grass and wood ash, and a large patch of dirt was black, in stark contrast to the surrounding grass.

Above his head, it was as if a hole had been made in a black cloth, revealing a starry sky.

After laying the bodies of their comrades-in-arms on the ground, several soldiers gasped to collect dry firewood despite their exhaustion. Pick them up one by one, and then put them up one by one. Half an hour later, they were so tired that they almost lost their strength before they put the bodies of their comrades on top of the firewood.

"Erniu, we're going to burn!"

A soldier trembled and lit a torch, looked at the motionless Erniu on the wooden pile, and lit the fire with red eyes.

The flames started burning from the hay at the bottom, spreading little by little, and eventually the whole clearing was ablaze.

In the firelight, it was the two oxen that were burned; Next to the firelight, there are brothers who can't cry anymore.

"Erniu, don't worry, we will pick up your bones and bring them back to your hometown in Yulin!"

"We'll definitely take you home!"

The best brothers of several Erniu were already middle-aged, they were no longer young, and the years had worn away their youth and youth, but they could not wear away their friendship with their brothers.

They rebelled together to survive, they fought together to kill the Tartars, and they struggled together to return home. Now, together, they send their best brother out of this cannibalistic world.

On the slope, King Jin and King Gongchang heard the familiar local sound, which was the most vicissitudes of life in Shaanxi. Whether they are happy or painful, they love to sing the country sound.

"After drinking, come to pee, the old man loves Meijiao. My little Jin Lian'er, love Meijiao, hey, love Meijiao..."