At this time, Duan Gong, the head of Dali, had also been driven out of Desheng Pass by the Han army.

Chen Youliang sent 3,000 soldiers and horses to stop the Yuan army of the Liang king Bazara Valmi.

But as the distance gradually approached, as soon as the Yuan army led by the Liang king Bazara Valmi appeared, it immediately caused Chen Youliang's Han army to panic.

Because, in the army of the Liang King Bazaravalvami, there are dozens of tall monsters!

These monsters have long fangs, more than a foot high, and a thick nose that swings around!

"Monster!"

"Youkai!"

Chen Youliang's army was suddenly panicked, and the soldiers fled backwards.

But those giant beasts did not relentlessly chase and kill the past, and along the way, they did not have time to escape, and the Han soldiers trampled on meatloaf.

In fact, these monsters are elephants, and there are many elephants domesticated by people in Dali.

The Dali people have a tradition of fighting elephants for thousands of years.

The soldiers under Chen Youliang are basically from Hubei, and they have only heard of elephants, but they have never seen what real elephants look like.

In particular, these elephants brought by the Liang king Bazara Valmi were all war elephants wearing armor.

These war elephants are draped in shining armor and adorned with a variety of beast pelts, which can be used to fend off bows and arrows, in addition to scaring enemies.

From a distance, these elephants look like moving castles in Roshan.

The Han soldiers in front of them were immediately frightened by these terrible war elephants.

"Run!"

Chen Youliang's Han army was immediately defeated!

"What the hell is that monster?"

Chen Youliang looked at the Han army that was driven out of Desheng Pass, and asked the Yunnan soldiers next to him a little unwillingly.

"Your Majesty, that's a war elephant! There are many domesticated elephant breeders in Dali, they can drive elephants to fight, no matter what infantry or cavalry, it is impossible to be the opponent of war elephants! A local soldier in Yunnan said.

"War elephants.

。

”

Chen Youliang muttered to himself: "Could it be that I am really going to lose?" ”

Seeing this, the Yunnan soldiers next to him immediately offered Chen Youliang a method of restraining the war elephants.

"Your Majesty, elephants are afraid of fire and sound, so they can attack with fire!"

Chen Youliang was overjoyed when he heard this!

Immediately ordered the Han sergeants to use artillery to bombard the war elephants of the Yuan army.

As the artillery pieces fell into the enemy's herd of war elephants, the huge power of the explosion made the Yuan army's war elephant herd immediately chaotic.

Seeing a large number of Yuan army war elephants falling, Chen Youliang laughed excitedly.

"Artillery is indeed a war elephant nemesis!"

"Long live Your Majesty!"

The other Yunnan soldiers followed suit.

For these newly attached Yunnan soldiers, the Han Emperor Chen Youliang is much better than the Liang King Zaravarmi and others.

After Chen Youliang led the Han army to Yunnan, he fought local tyrants and divided the land, turning these poor Yunnan locals into rich people with land and houses, and in order to defend the land and property they were allocated, many local men in Yunnan participated in Chen Youliang's Red Turban Army.

Since he wants to protect his property, even in the face of the sunset's master, King Liang and the head of Dali, they are naturally unrelenting.

Because of the advice of the Yunnan soldiers, the war elephants of Bazara Valmi were immediately restrained by the Han army.

Chen Youliang's face turned slightly pale, and he continued to order the soldiers to launch rockets and burn the Yuan army's war elephant herd.

The rockets and artillery of the Han army were like the fire of hell, and they crushed the elephant army brought by King Liang and Zarawalmi.

Elephants are very timid animals, especially afraid of sounds and fire.

Even many specially trained elephants tend to become berserk and difficult to subdue due to the occasional sounds and fires.

What's more, now that Chen Youliang ordered the artillery and rockets in the Han army to fire at these elephants, it scared these timid animals to the point that they completely lost their nature.

All the elephants in the Yuan army became irritable, and the elephants fled to the rear despite the riders' controls.

The soldiers of the Yuan Army, who were originally following the elephant, were immediately knocked to the ground by the elephants, and the heavy paws of the elephants trampled these fallen Mongolian soldiers to the ground, turning into a puddle of meat in an instant.

"Crazy! Lose your marbles! ”

"These brutes are crazy!"

A frightened shout erupted from the Yuan army, and the Liang King Bazara Valmi, who originally wanted to rely on elephants to save the battle, was also helpless against it.

The king of Liang, Bazara Val, dragged several qin soldiers and ordered them to go to the front to stop the crazy elephants.

But elephants that have fallen into madness cannot even be controlled by the riders who domesticated them, let alone others.

The Yuan army was plunged into even greater chaos, and the whole battle had not yet begun, because these elephants that had fallen into madness were about to be completely defeated.

"Brute! These brutes, let me shoot them with arrows! ”

King Liang looked at the elephants in a frenzy, and his heart was already furious, and he ordered the Mongol archers to release arrows, trying to kill the elephants that were rushing into his formation.

Arrows rained down on the elephants, but because of the armor on them, they not only did not hurt them, but only angered them.

These elephants were already completely crazy, they ran back and forth in the crowd of the Yuan army, shaking their huge trunks and tusks, and flying the Yuan soldiers into the air, and then fell heavily to the ground, and the Yuan army wailed.

"Your Highness, go and withdraw!"

Duan Gong, the governor of Dali, also led the remnants of the defeated army to King Liang at this time, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he immediately persuaded King Liang.

Duan Gong, the head of Dali, knows the habits of these elephants.

Once these brutes have fallen into madness, no one can control them anymore.

King Liang's army was already in complete chaos, and if he didn't evacuate quickly at this time, he wouldn't be able to withdraw if he wanted to when Chen Youliang's Han army began a full-scale attack.

The words of Duan Gong, the head of Dali, were actually the most correct decision, but the Liang King Basara Valmi couldn't swallow this evil breath.

"Desheng Pass is the last gateway of Dali, if there is no Desheng Pass, Dali City will not be able to hold it, this king will fight to the death with Chen Youliang, the Red Army thief, here today!"

The king of Liang, Bazara Valmi, is still a little bloody.

He shook off the hand of Duan Gong, the head of the force, pulled out his treasure knife, and shouted loudly to the soldiers on the left and right.

"Today I will fight to the death with the red turban thief, and whoever dares to take half a step back will be killed!"

King Liang then led his own guards to the front.

In the chaotic crowd, King Liang's personal guard of hundreds of people could not effectively save the situation at all.

At this time, the army of King Liang had completely fallen into chaos, Chen Youliang naturally would not miss this opportunity, he immediately ordered the whole army to attack forward, relying on the crossbowmen on the city wall of Desheng Pass, to cover the rear of the reinforcements.

The army under King Liang was divided before and after, and the veterans of the Red Turban Army under Chen Youliang went down the mountain like a tiger, and instantly killed King Liang's army and fled.

"No retreat! Kill! ”

"Kill!"

The king of Liang, Bazarat Valmy, still refused to give up.

Wielding his sword, he slashed at the fleeing soldiers on horseback.

However, the situation on the battlefield has completely collapsed, and the murderous killing cannot stop these soldiers from escaping.

The Liang King Barsa Ravarmi and his guards instead attracted Chen Youliang's attention.

"Your Majesty, that's the banner of King Liang!"

Several locally recruited soldiers in Yunnan immediately recognized King Liang's banner and immediately reported it to Chen Youliang.

"Hehe, this dog thief dares to come and die!"

Chen Youliang sneered all his life, and immediately ordered his artillery to roll out the cannon and aim at the location where Bazara Valmi was.

A quarter of an hour later, the muzzles of a dozen black holes were aimed at the location of the Liang King Bazara Valmi.

At this time, the king of Liang, Bazara Valmi, was not aware of the danger on the battlefield at all, and he still tried to slash and kill the rout, wanting to use this method to save the situation on the battlefield.

However, all this is already in vain.

Duan Gong, the head of Dali, led the remnants of his defeated soldiers, and watched in a daze as the Liang King Bazara Valmi rushed left and right in front of him, struggling clumsily.

"Chief, let's get out of the way!" A Dali general said to Duan Gong.

"No, if we leave King Liang and run away by ourselves, that person's heart will be scattered." Duan Gong, the head manager of Dali, shook his head and said.

The Mongols have been operating in Yunnan for more than a hundred years, and there are many forces here that are subordinate to the Mongols, Duan Gong, the governor of Dali, has only the power in Dali City, and the Duan clan in Dali in other places has long been not too strong, once he left the support of King Liang, Duan Gong even if he fled back, there was no way to organize troops to resist Chen Youliang.

And Chen Youliang, the red scarf thief, shouted the slogan of fighting local tyrants and dividing the land all the way, and the biggest local tyrant in Dali City is Duan Gong, the head of Dali, so Duan Gong must support King Liang Bazara Valmi, so naturally he can't throw King Liang down and run for his life.

Just when Duan Gong was hesitating how to support King Liang.

Suddenly, a rumbling cannon roar erupted from Chen Youliang's army on the opposite side.

Boom boom...

More than a dozen cannon shots rang out at the same time, and the array of the Yuan army was suddenly in chaos.

The banner of King Liang, which was still held high on the battlefield, disappeared into the vast crowd in an instant.

"King Liang ......"

Duan Gong, the head of Dali, saw King Liang's banner disappear on the battlefield, and a sense of foreboding instantly surged in his heart.

"Look, Boss!"

Several of his generals pointed ahead and shouted loudly.

Duan Gong, the head of Dali, stretched his neck and looked forward, only to see a large number of casualties on the battlefield ahead.

Duan Gong saw from a distance a body wearing gold silk armor falling to the ground, and the owner of that bright armor was naturally the Liang King Bazara Valmi.

"It's broken!"

Duan Gong, the head of Dali, was suddenly shocked, and after a few cannon shots from the enemy, the king of Liang, Bazara Valmi, fell to the ground, and the current situation was mostly more than auspicious.

As soon as the Liang king Bazara Valmi died, the Yuan army on the entire battlefield would no longer have any hope of turning defeat into victory.

"What should we do, Lord Sir!?"

Several of his subordinates were shocked and hurriedly asked Duan Gong.

Duan Gong's army suffered heavy losses, and now the Liang king Bazara Valmi was killed by the artillery of the Red Turban Army on the battlefield, and the entire army was already in complete chaos.

"No matter, run for your life, let's escape back to Dali!"

Duan Gong, the governor of Dali, knew that once King Liang died, the Mongolian personnel in Yunnan were destined to be wiped out, and if he wanted to keep the foundation of Dali Duan for hundreds of years, he could only rely on Duan Gong himself.

Duan Gong must now return to Dali City immediately and concentrate all the forces that can be mobilized under Dali City to defend against Chen Youliang's Red Turban Army.

The city wall of Dali is strong and well-defended, and the Mongols of that year were so brave and good at fighting, and they also besieged for a long time before forcing Dali City to open the city and surrender.

Duan Gong, the governor of Dali, believed that as long as he defended strictly in Dali City, he would definitely be able to thwart Chen Youliang's attack.

This place in Yunnan is extremely easy for northerners to adapt to.

As long as it drags on for some time, Chen Youliang's army will inevitably break out of the plague or be unadaptable.

When that time comes, Duan Gong will be able to win the battle of Dali's defense.

The top priority now is to take as many soldiers as possible from the battlefield back to Dali City.

"Retreat! Fall back! ”

"Come with me!"

Duan Gong, the governor of Dali, sent his soldiers to wave their flags and shout nearby, leading the Yuan army in chaos and retreating to the rear with him.

The tens of thousands of troops had completely fallen into a rout, and Chen Youliang was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately ordered a full-scale pursuit.

"Kill!"

The momentum of the Han Red Turban Army was like a rainbow, and the Yuan army was killed like a lost dog.

Except for running away, there was no one who had the heart to resist.

However, the terrain here in Desheng Pass is rugged and complicated, and the pursuit of the Han army does not dare to force too aggressively.

As a result, under the leadership of Duan Gong, the head of Dali, many Yuan troops fled from the battlefield with Duan Gong.

In order to get rid of the pursuers behind him, Duan Gong made a risky decision.

Duan Gong led his own soldiers, as well as more than a thousand other defeated soldiers, and ambushed them twelve miles away from Desheng Pass!

When the Han Red Turban Army pursued here, Duan Power led these subordinates to suddenly launch an undulating attack, and the negligent Red Turban Army was immediately caught off guard, and more than 1,000 people were killed here.

The Han Red Turban Army, which was ambushed, immediately became cautious and did not dare to chase after it desperately.

Taking advantage of this brief opportunity, Duan Gong, the head of the earth, immediately led the rout to retreat to the rear.

In less than two days, Duan Gong, the governor of Dali, led the defeated soldiers back to Dali City.

Duan Gong immediately mobilized a popular resistance in Dali City.

The Han Red Turban Army led by Chen Youliang also followed closely and came to the outside of Dali.

Today's Dali City is already a lonely city!

Most of the Yuan soldiers in Yunnan were lost under the Desheng Pass.

Chen Youliang blocked the water surrounding Dali City, and immediately sent people to persuade Duan Gong to surrender again.

It's just that the conditions for persuasion this time are indeed much worse than at the beginning.

At the beginning, Chen Youliang gave Duan Gong a surrender condition that Duan Gong was canonized as the hereditary king of Dali and guarded Yunnan for generations, but he no longer had hundreds of thousands of hectares of land, but instead received a reward of Yulu.

Now that Duan Gong is already trapped in a lonely city, the conditions proposed by Chen Youliang again will naturally be lowered a lot.

"The Emperor of the Han Dynasty has an order, as long as Duan Gong is willing to surrender, canonize you as the king of Dali County, and if others persuade Duan Gong to surrender, they will be canonized as the founding marquis."

Chen Youliang is not just persuading to surrender, but also has the taste of sowing discord in it.

Duan Gong felt that the Dali city wall was strong, and it was absolutely impossible for the Red Turban Army to break through Dali City, so he rejected Chen Youliang's persuasion to surrender.

The Duan clan of Dali has been able to gain a foothold in Yunnan for hundreds of years, relying on hundreds of thousands of fertile fields in the local area, if there is no such fertile land, where will the output be to support their army and clansmen, so the reward given by Chen Youliang for this hereditary county king cannot impress Duan Gong at all.

And Chen Youliang is now the Han Red Turban Army, so the increase is also to distribute land to the soldiers to improve morale.

The biggest landlord in Yunnan is the Duan clan of Dali, if after conquering Dali, his land is not confiscated and distributed to the soldiers, then Chen Youliang's attack on Yunnan will be in vain.

Therefore, the contradiction between Chen Youliang and Duan Gong is almost irreconcilable.

In order to show that the Dali Duan clan would never give in, Duan Gong not only refused to surrender.

He also sent someone to cut off the nose of Chen Youliang's deceased, in order to humiliate Chen Youliang and the Red Turban Army, and at the same time to cut off those who wanted to surrender in Dali City.

"The Exotic Reclamation of Vegetable Skeletons"

Sure enough, in the face of Duan Gong's stubborn attitude, Chen Youliang was completely enraged.

"Break through Dali City, not an inch of grass will be left!"

Chen Youliang gave the harshest order to slaughter the city since the army was raised.

It's just that the defense of Dali City is indeed very strong, and more than a dozen artillery pieces under Chen Youliang bombarded the Dali city wall, but only part of the city wall was shattered, and once the defenders in the city found that the city wall was damaged, they would immediately repair it at night.

After going back and forth for more than a month, Chen Youliang's army not only failed to break through Dali City, but also almost consumed the gunpowder brought by the army.

Inside the barracks of the Han Red Turban Army.

"Your Majesty, there is a plague in the army, there is not enough food and grass, and there is not enough gunpowder, why don't we withdraw the army first?"

Chen Youliang's prime minister Zou Pusheng said.

The weather here in Yunnan is humid and rainy, which is indeed not conducive to the life of northerners.

Moreover, Chen Youliang's soldiers have gone through long journeys and repeated battles, and their physical strength is also very depleted.

In less than ten days, more than a dozen Red Army soldiers had already died of the plague.

"You can't retreat!"

Chen Youliang did not hesitate to refuse the persuasion to withdraw from the army.

"If there is a shortage of grain and grass, then immediately order to collect grain and grass in Sichuan and Yunnan, and as for gunpowder, I heard that there are many mineral deposits here in Yunnan that can also be used to refine gunpowder, so I immediately mobilized craftsmen from Sichuan to come to Yunnan to make gunpowder."

"And there are many copper mines here in Yunnan, and then mobilize some more craftsmen to cast larger artillery with Yunnan's copper mines, the Dali city wall is too strong, these cannons we brought are too small, I want to cast ten times the size of the artillery, and smash the Dali city wall!"

After several battles with the Ming army, Chen Youliang now relies on the powerful power of artillery.

The conquest of Yunnan is the first major war since the Han Dynasty moved to Sichuan, if even a Dali city can not be breached, then the remaining Kunming and other important places will definitely not be able to conquer, Chen Youliang will never allow this to happen

Hongwu three years, the first month.

Ying Tianfu.

In the palace of Zhu Han, the king of the Ming Dynasty, there was a jubilant scene.

This is not only because of the relationship between the New Year and the New Year, but also because there is a great joy in the British Palace.

Zhu Han's side concubine Liu gave birth to a son.

As the Prince of the Ming Dynasty, the younger brother of His Majesty the Emperor of the present, he finally has his own heir, and the entire Ming court sent people to congratulate him.

It's just that Zhu Han wanted to keep a low profile in this matter, so he politely refused many people's requests to come to congratulate him, and only the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang's family came to drink the wedding wine together.

"Haha...... is worthy of being the species of our old Zhu family, he looks really good-eyed, and he will definitely be a good boy in the future. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the soft and glutinous little nephew in his arms, and he was already smiling happily.

Zhu Han, as Zhu Yuanzhang's younger brother, is actually called brotherhood and father and son, and now seeing that Zhu Han also has his own child, the joy in his heart is about to fly.

"By the way, Seven-Five, what's this kid's going to be called?" Sister-in-law Ma Xiuying asked beside her.

Zhu Han scratched his head and was also a little embarrassed, he was a man in his past and present lives, but he had never been a father once, as for the matter of naming the child, he originally wanted to choose a random name, but when this little guy was born and looked at such a cute child, the casual energy in his heart could not be released.

You have to come up with the perfect name for this child.

"I haven't thought about it yet, I'm not very good at this kind of thing, or else, brother, if you have a good name, just give it a name." Zhu Han said to his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhangzhang.

In recent years, the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang has done a very good job in giving birth to children, not only sister-in-law Ma Xiuying gave birth to two children in succession, but also several other concubines have also given birth to several princes and princesses.