The Ming people abandoned the wooden boat sampan and fled, and the time of this half pillar of incense had swam far away, and a trace of green smoke was inadvertently emitting from these abandoned wooden boats, and the length of the fuse was sufficient.

These ruffians value their lives more than victory in battle.

And this is the main reason why the imperial army suffered heavy losses.

There are not many wooden boats, especially in such a war in which the two armies attack and defend across the river, wooden boats are important strategic materials, and it can be said that whoever has more wooden ships will occupy the strategic initiative.

The discarded wooden boats naturally belonged to the imperial army, which was undoubtedly a great honor when the emperor personally supervised the battle by the river.

When the imperial army came to these wooden boats, half of the soldiers were divided into each boat, ready to be divided into these boats and rowed to the west bank.

This increases the number of casualties caused by gunpowder explosions.

Just as the soldiers of the Imperial Army boarded the wooden boat, ready to lift the tarpaulin to see what was on the wooden boat, a huge explosion exploded one after another.

More than 100 boats, each loaded with no less than 100 catties of explosives, caused a series of shockwaves caused by the explosion, which immediately caused a man-made tsunami on the river.

Countless broken pieces of wood flew and stirred in the air on the surface of the river, and were even sent into the bodies of the imperial soldiers by the blast wave.

Too many people have been stunned and drowned.

By the time the river calmed down, it was already half an hour later.

At this time, in addition to floating broken wood and scattered corpses, there were occasional cries for help on the river, and nothing else.

The rushing river obscured what had happened.

This battle. There are only a few soldiers of the imperial court who can return to the east coast alive, and even the imperial brothers, Dutong, and Buxie Duanzibiao of Dali are nowhere to be found. I'm afraid that like a soldier, he will be buried at the bottom of the river, or even broken bones.

For Duan Sicong, the explosion happened so suddenly, so irresistibly, and the explosion shattered his dream of crossing the river and crushing the rebels.

The imperial army did not have a large number of means to cross the river in a short period of time. Even if timber is requisitioned from the east of Dali Mansion to build ships, it will be a month or even two months later.

That is, although the imperial army was ahead of the rebels in terms of combat power. But it can only be in the passive defense stage.

At this time, Duan Sicong had already received the news that there was a border rebellion in the eastern part of Dali, the mayor of Yanzhong Town, Zong Qi, the leader of Qiuzhou, Dai Lian Rabbit, and the capture of Mi Nai and other three towns.

The so-called house leak was rained overnight, and the blessing was unparalleled. Complete one's misery.

Duan Sicong was already a little overwhelmed. He could only order the three armies of the capital supervisor, Li Le Shuang, Chang Juma, Bu Xie, Duan Yanzhen and others to lead 10,000 regular troops east to pacify the border villages.

He led the rest of his army to defend the east bank.

At this time, the news that 10,000 regular imperial troops had been wiped out without a single soldier had reached Gao Fang's ears.

This made Gao Fang, who had not slept well for several days, and was now lying on the couch, overjoyed, and he even ran to Xu Shouren barefoot without wearing shoes, and thanked Xu Shouren.

At this time, Gao Fang no longer had a boycott of the Ming people who ransacked the people of Dali along the coast.

However, while Gao Fang was excited, he did not forget the grand goal of taking advantage of the victory to advance eastward.

But Xu Shouren poured a scoop of cold water on him at this time. The excitement in Gao Fang's heart quickly subsided.

That is, in a short period of time, there will be no more wooden boats on the West Bank that can be collected. Even the planks have become something out of reach.

After lamenting and lamenting, Gao Fang could only order the counties and towns west of Tengchong Province to raise timber and transport it to the banks of the Lancang River for future eastward crossing.

Since then, the two sides have once again entered a stalemate after more than half a month of bloody battles, and the strength of both sides has been lost by at least 30%.

The most important standing regular army of Dali was divided into two factions due to the break between the Duan clan and the Gao clan, and more than forty percent of it had been consumed in this half-month battle.

Xu Shouren and Bai Li Kang's initial purpose had been achieved, so the two of them jointly summoned Jinling Mansion, expecting Bai Li Wuji to order a westward expedition, and the two and the exposed lurkers began to prepare to evacuate.

The situation developed as planned, and if it continued, it seemed that the Ming army's westward expedition could quickly pacify the Dali Kingdom without much effort, and put an end to the phenomenon of Dali being under the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty for decades.

But people are not as good as heaven, and it is precisely because of the more than 2,000 "ruffians and hooligans" under Xu Shouren that they used a large amount of gunpowder in this attack, which caused the Duan clan to suffer greatly.

Duan Sicong vomited blood and fell into a coma when he witnessed the destruction of the 10,000-strong army, but this did not mean that he could not wake up.

Under the careful diagnosis and treatment of the imperial doctor, Duan Sicong woke up.

After waking up, Duan Sicong learned from the pain, and immediately thought of the Ming Kingdom from gunpowder.

Duan Sicong is not a fool, and a person who can sit firmly as an emperor for ten years will definitely not be a fool.

Whoever thinks he is a fool must die himself.

Duan Sicong could already be sure that Ming Guo was helping Gao Fang, although he couldn't be sure how much help he had, but it would never be less than helping himself, at least, Ming Guo didn't support himself with such a amount of gunpowder.

As the saying goes, I've never eaten pork, and I've seen pigs run.

Although there is no precedent for the use of firearms in wars in Dali, in recent years, the Ming State and Liao, Zhubu, Tubo and other countries have been in wars, as the emperor of Dali State, if he doesn't even know firearms, then this emperor might as well be inappropriate.

Duan Sicong is not only not stupid, but also a smart person.

The reason why a smart person is called a smart person is because he is good at pretending to be stupid.

Duan Si is smart and white, since Ming Guo does not openly support Gao Fang, but steps on two boats, he must want to meet the source left and right, and wait for the price to sell.

Although the loss of the imperial army this time deeply pierced Duan Sicong's heart, Duan Sicong did not disadvantage Bai Likang and his party in anger.

Duan Sicong knew that Bai Likang and the others were just carrying out the orders of the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, and if Bai Likang and the others were executed in order to vent their anger at this time, it would be tantamount to openly pushing the Ming Kingdom to the side of the high side.

Even if the court of Dali conscripted all the people of the country, I am afraid that it would not be able to resist the blow of the Ming Kingdom's anger.

At that time, the Dali Duan clan may become a clan that has disappeared in history, and it will never recover.

Duan Sicong didn't move at all on the surface, and secretly summoned his henchmen to discuss. After several days of negotiation and weighing, Duan Sicong made a plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and there was also a beauty trick attached to it.

From the beginning of Duan Siping, who was the envoy of the Tonghai Festival, to seize the Nanzhao regime, Dali benefited from the support of the leaders of the 37 tribes, and formed a political pattern in which the Duan clan and the 37 tribes of Dali checked and balanced each other and supported each other.

The Gao group, represented by the Xunchen Yue Hou Gao Fang, replaced the Dong clan and became the most powerful clan in Dali, with the strength to compete with the Duan clan. (To be continued......)