The siege lasted until the evening, and the Qing army retreated unwillingly.

The sky gradually dimmed, the moon was bright and the stars were scarce, outside the city of Kunming, countless bonfires were dotted in the camp tent of the Qing army and the starry sky outside the horizon reflected each other, in the brightly lit Qing army camp, more than a dozen generals Zuo Zheng was noisy and chaotic.

On the left is the governor of Guangxi, Nikan, and at the bottom is the general of the Guangxi first series, Zuo Ling. At the head on the right is the general of the Guan Ning system headed by Zhao Fu. The two invincible armies gathered together, because the governors of the three provinces were nowhere to be found, the Chinese army in Sichuan was scattered, so that the two armies did not have a unified command, the fatal thing is that neither of the two generals obeyed anyone, on the one hand was the invincible Eight Banners General, on the other hand was the bullish Guanning lineage, no one was willing to listen to the command of others, at the mercy of others.

Especially the first attack in the day was frustrated, the whole afternoon of siege did not even touch the hair of the Ming army, and left thousands of corpses to retreat, such a defeat has to be held responsible, and neither side admits that the responsibility is related to themselves, just kidding, of course, the credit must be taken on themselves, but who has ever seen the blame on the body?

"The two admirals are temporarily angry, no matter who participates in whom, in the eyes of the imperial court, both of them are the generals of the defeated army, and they should take Kunming as soon as possible for today's plan, and it is important to atone for their crimes. Moreover, this defeat should also be suppressed, and the number of casualties should be carefully discussed by the two admirals, so that it can be turned into a big thing, and a small thing can be turned into a small thing? A staff member who participated in the military meeting grinned and stroked his goatee and persuaded him.

Zhao Fu and Nikan blushed and glared at each of them and closed their mouths, everyone understands in their hearts, you impeach me for this kind of thing, I impeach you, and in the end, neither of them can be good in the eyes of the court, everyone is a grasshopper on a rope. It is still necessary to sit down calmly and talk about how to play for the court, and try to minimize the casualties, as long as the two people report in unison, the court can not see the flaws, and the responsibility can be minimized. It's just that everyone knows about this, but everyone can't be angry with each other's words, so they are stiff. If it weren't for the staff who came out to persuade him. gave the two sides a step down, I'm afraid they will have to continue to quarrel.

Zhao Fu is a Han after all, now that the king of Pingxi is dead, the Han army of the Guanning family is like a mother's child, and the court is lukewarm to these old departments, Zhao Fu knows in his heart that if he has a stalemate with Nikan, the best result is only to lose both. The imperial court favors Nikan, and it is more likely that he will punish himself heavily, therefore. He first calmed the anger in his heart and said, "What Mr. Wang said is right, everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, what's the use of everyone fighting for these?" Urgent. It is better to take the city as soon as possible, and atone for the sins of the land. ”

Zhao Fu stood up in his chair. He said to Nikan: "Governor Ni, there is a clash in Zhao's words. I also hope that Admiral Ni will not be surprised, and when Kunming is taken. Zhao set up a wine and apologized to you. ”

Nikan is not a person who doesn't know the general situation, he pretended to laugh heartily, and said: "Admiral Zhao is serious, everyone is working hard for the master, even if there is an occasional collision, it is not intentional, we don't know each other, no one is at fault." After saying something to deal with the scene, Nikan frowned again: "Admiral Zhao, your Guan Ning army and the Ming army have taken over the battle, and the Ming army's firearms are really sharp, in your opinion, what should I do?" ”

Zhao Fu sat back on the chair and said: "Firearms are most afraid of water, hey, the best way is of course to take advantage of the rainy day to attack the city, but it is not a way to wait like this, Li Dingguo has already led the army into Sichuan, if it is exhausted, when Li Dingguo has gained a firm foothold in Sichuan, it may not be good to return to the division to rescue Kunming." What's more, the puppet Haidu City heard that reinforcements had also been sent, so if you want to take Kunming, you must do it as soon as possible. ”

Nikan nodded, rubbing the sun painfully, the Qing army was originally three ways into Yunnan, like pincers firmly sandwiched Yunnan in it, but more than ten days of effort, the Qing army has become a lone army under the city of Kunming, the city is the Mu Tianbo department that sticks to Kunming, the north is the department of Li Dingguo who entered Sichuan, and the south is the department of the Ming army that came to the rescue, if you can't take Kunming City as soon as possible, I am afraid that I and Zhao Fu will become a turtle in the urn.

Attack and can't attack. Retreat and can't return. If you retreat rashly. Not only will it be harshly criticized by the imperial court. It is more likely to be pursued by the tail rank of the Ming army. So. Retreat is not retreat. But how to attack it?

Tail Title Pursuit? Nikan's eyes suddenly lit up. He patted his thigh and said, "Yes." Let's retreat! ”

"Retreat?" Zhao Fu was taken aback by this stunned man. it. Come and go for a day. You're a man. There are also people up there. At most, it is just a dismissal and investigation. But he is also a commander. But not necessarily as good luck as he was. One war-fearing charge was enough for him to eat a pot.

"That's right!" Nikan nodded firmly. Carefully explained to Zhao Fu: "The Ming army is sharp with firearms. The city is tall and wide. If we storm the city. It's just a matter of increasing casualties. It's better for us to cheat. Spread the message that the retreat was imminent. Then the whole army retreated to the west for dozens of miles. The Ming army inside the city will definitely go out of the city to chase. At that time, we will lie in ambush next to the mountain road. Divine soldiers descend from heaven. Hit them off guard. How about taking advantage of the chaos to take the city again? ”

Zhao Fu was stunned when he heard this. I always feel that this strategy seems to have been heard somewhere. It took a moment to reminisce. Isn't this method a joke in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?

It is rumored that Nurhachi and Huang Taiji read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as a military book. They admired Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu, the figures in the Three Kingdoms, to the extent that they could not add to it. As early as before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Guan Yu was regarded as the protector of the Manchu land. The Mongol tribes have been conquered. He used the story of the Three Kingdoms Taoyuan Three Knots. He called himself Liu Bei. Call Mongolia Guan Yu. Each of the Eight Banners will do what it likes. Everyone has a copy of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Said the Shunzhi years. It is also the Emperor of Guan Yu who is loyal and righteous and martial arts. The figures of the Three Kingdoms of the Qing Dynasty received great honors. The Guan Yudi sacrifice ceremony is even one of the important ceremonies of the national sacrifice to the gods and the heavens and the earth. Qingyan stipulates that sacrifices are made on the 13th day of the spring and autumn months of each year.

Nikan is a Manchurian, although he may not know a few big characters, but of course he has heard the commentary of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and it is reasonable to come up with such a nonsensical strategy, Zhao Fu closed his eyes and thought about it, and always felt that this strategy was not very reliable. But apart from this method, he really couldn't think of a more thoughtful plan, and after a short hesitation, Zhao Fu still approved Nikan's plan.

In the early morning of the second day, Nikan and Zhao Fu respectively announced the order for the retreat of the army to their own troops, and many Qing soldiers began to pack up, and the atmosphere of preparation outside the city dropped a lot, and only some scattered Qing troops were on guard outside the camp.

By the afternoon, the cavalry of the Eight Banners and Guanning began to send out horses from the battalion, and some foot soldiers began to gradually advance in the direction of Guizhou, with the cavalry remaining at the end to prevent the Ming army from pursuing.

The Ming army on the city wall was still heavily guarded, but the stunned ones couldn't help it, and they came to Mufu together to petition, hoping to pursue the Qing army.

Mu Tianbo was also hesitant about this, the Qing army had just come for a day, although the first siege failed, but this was not a reason to retreat. But why did the Qing army retreat? Is there fraud in it? Is the Ming army going out of the city to pursue? This series of questions gave him a headache.

Mu Jianming's meaning is very clear, that is, the current task is to guard the city, as long as Kunming is held, it will be victory, as for where the Qing army likes to go, there is no need to pay attention to it.

However, the Tusi leaders were passionate, and they asked to go out of the city to pursue, unwilling to miss the opportunity to slaughter the Qing army.

After Mu Tianbo listened to the opinions of the two parties, he felt that his son's words were more reliable, Kunming City was the top priority, and there could be no mistakes, as for the Qing army outside the city, it didn't matter whether the Qing army was annihilated or not, even if it went out to pursue, the defensive battle just became a field battle, and the Ming army used firearms behind the city wall to deal with the Qing army that came to attack it, but there was not much certainty in the field battle with the Qing army outside the city.

After weighing, Mu Tianbo planned to reconcile with the mud, more than ten generations of Qianguo Gong ruled in Yunnan for three hundred years, and basically used this method to adjust the contradictions, which was very effective.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the movements of the Qing army are really suspicious, the army can't leave the city for the time being, you can send more scouts out to see, if the Qing army really retreats, then we will attack at the tail, if the Qing army is suspicious, we will continue to hold on to the city." Mu Tianbo spoke.

The Tusi leaders had nothing to say, so they went back to the camp, ready to go out of the city to slaughter the Qing soldiers after the scouts returned.

After everyone walked cleanly, Mu Tianbo stopped Mu Jianming, who was halfway through the threshold.

Mu Jianming sat down obediently, not knowing what his father reprimanded.

Mu Tianbo said: "Jianming, my father asks you, if you pursue the Qing army, how many men and horses do you need?" What are the odds of winning? ”

"Father, I am resolutely against sending troops, the Qing army has a lot of cavalry, even if they really retreat, we may not be able to ask for anything good after we leave the city, not to mention that the safety of Kunming City is as important as Mount Tai, therefore, it is better not to send troops." Mu Jianming replied.

Mu Tianbo nodded and sighed: "Hey, what you think about is the military, but what you want to think about for your father is even broader, the Qing army retreats, if we don't dare to go out of the city to chase, this morale will be weak." In addition, the Tusi people help us to hold the city, they are eager to kill thieves, it is understandable, most of their cottages are on the border of Yunnan, once the main force of the Qing army still exists, then the Qing army may cross the border at any time into the mountains to attack their stockade, therefore, if we can't wipe out the Qing soldiers in Guizhou and Guizhou provinces, the cottages living on the border of Yunnan must be in danger, and we have to think about it. ”

Mu Tianbo paused: "More importantly, if you easily let the Qing soldiers go back, what will the officials in the court think?" A team of Qing soldiers passed calmly under the city of Kunming, and the city of Kunming did not dare to send a soldier out of the city to meet the enemy. The emperor is a wise lord, he won't believe these words, but don't forget, there is also Zhou Mubai in the court, and now that his father's handle is in Zhou Mubai's hands, will Zhou Mubai make a big noise? "To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to .qidian., more chapters,