The officers and men of the Ming army, who successfully completed the task of attacking the camp, returned to the camp directly from the Daban Bridge.

The wounded who witnessed them stepping through the majestic posture of the joint venture, cheered for the triumphant heroes by the bridge, and it was not until they saw them carry back Qi Xiang's body that the big board bridge fell into dead silence.

Yu Min desperately squeezed to the front, looking at the Qianhu adults who had taken good care of him since the start of the war, lying quietly on the stretcher, without a sound. His tears flowed down his face, and he couldn't stop it.

The soldiers also cried, not only for the sake of Qi's command, but also for the thousands of comrades who died in battle.

Until Lu Qianhu shouted: "Don't cry, we haven't finished the battle yet, we have to cry and cry when the fight is over!" ”

Only then did the soldiers remember that there were 30,000 barbarians not far away......

After the battle on the other side, those barbarians were also alarmed, but in the end they neither crossed the river to return to help, nor did they take the opportunity to attack the Ming army camp, which seemed to be chaotic.

Later, the Ming army learned that the native soldiers of the barbarian tribe in Yunnan, because their lives were very difficult, they could only rely on coarse grains and wild vegetables to feed their stomachs, and they could not eat meat and eggs all year round, and they generally suffered from serious 'blindfolding', that is, night blindness, so they did not dare to act rashly at night.

This is also an important reason why the 40,000 barbarians on the other side were rushed to the bombing camp by the 2,000 Ming army, and they couldn't see it clearly. Only the Heiyi tribe made a living from hunting, and there was no lack of animal offal in the diet of the native soldiers, so there was no trouble with night blindness, and the losses of the Ming army were basically caused by them......

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After dawn, the brute soldiers, who had finally regained their sight, poured all their anger on the Ming army.

They continued to launch a frantic attack on the Ming position, and the remaining thousands of Ming troops were unable to defend all the fronts at all, so they could only retreat to the inner line. Even an injured number like Yu Min took up his weapon, brandished the Pu knife with one hand, and joined the defensive battle.

The soldiers of the Ming army were about to explain all here, and suddenly found that the offensive of the barbarians had decreased, and then the soldiers on the arrow tower cheered and said: "Our cavalry is coming!" ”

I saw more than 1,000 horsemen riding down the river from the upper reaches and slaughtering into the barbarian array, as if entering a no-man's land. It turned out to be Naliu Qianhu, leading a thousand reserves.

Although this cavalry did not have many troops, the psychological blow to the barbarians was very heavy, and they thought that the reinforcements of the Ming army had arrived......

And the main force of his own side was scattered, and now he is gone, how can he still be in the mood to fight again, so the leader directly Mingjin collected his troops and withdrew to the other side on a raft.

It turned out that the Ming army came with these thousand cavalry......

Although the leader of the barbarians was angry, he did not intend to cross the river again. Just sit there and wait for the main force to return to the division.

That's two days. Two days later, Yang Tho returned to Dabanqiao with the 40,000 troops that had been regrouped.

At this time, the Ming army on the other side of the bridge had withdrawn without a trace......

finally crossed the Baoxiang River, but Yang Tho's nose was crooked. What the is going on!

Originally, he calculated well, but when the Ming army's autumn grain was not harvested, he suddenly started an incident and caught them off guard. Even if you can't capture Kunming, it's excellent to be able to get the autumn grain of the Ming army.

He never thought that he had brought a full army of 80,000 people, and he was actually blocked by a mere 3,000 Ming troops in this big Banqiao for five days!

Seeing that the Ming army took the initiative to withdraw his troops, he knew that the daylily was cold now. The Ming army must have rushed all the grain into the city......

But it can't just be over, otherwise this incident won't be a joke?

For the sake of today's plan, only by capturing Kunming City at all costs can the situation be completely reversed. Although he is not as confident as he was at the beginning, he still has an army of 180,000 or 90,000, how can he know if he doesn't try.

Moreover, the fact that their 48th Department attacked Kunming itself was a great encouragement to the Tusi of the entire Yunnan, and it would definitely inspire more Tusi to resist the tyranny of the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty would understand that Yunnan was the Yunnan of the Tusi. Stop having unrealistic illusions about Yunnan......

So he crossed the Baoxiang River with his army and joined the other two armies in the area of the Sacrifice Insect Mountain. After learning that they had all been intercepted by the Ming army for three to five days, Yang Tho's injured heart felt a little comforted.

The barbarian soldiers who came first had already swept the neighborhood and found that the grain had been collected by the Ming army cleanly, and there was no hair left.

This side is the farthest away from Kunming City, and the grain has been transported, let alone other places. Yang Tho did not waste his efforts in vain, and led the army straight to Kunming City.

However, at this time, the seven-day period had passed, and not only had the soldiers and civilians who had gone out to collect grain have withdrawn to Kunming City, but even Feng Cheng led the blocking troops back to the city.

Nearly 3,000 officers and men were killed in this blockade operation, which was the heaviest loss along the Dabanqiao road. Because that side is where the main force of the brutes is. The attacks were far stronger than the other two.

However, Qi Xiang's troops also fought the most beautifully, not only destroying more than 10,000 enemies, but also defeating the enemy's main force, making great contributions to the success of the blocking battle.

All in all, this blocking battle completely achieved the strategic goal and completely reversed the battlefield situation, although there was still a large army besieging the city outside the city, and the number of troops in the city was less than 20,000, but the morale of the Ming army was high, and there was no panic at all.

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After Qi Xiang was buried, the siege began.

Feng Cheng Xie Xiong led the army to hold the city, not only repelled the barbarian soldiers to attack the city several times, but also often took the initiative to attack the city with cavalry, burning down the barbarian soldiers' camps and granaries, making them tired to cope.

At this time, Xiping Hou Muying had already led more than 10,000 elite horsemen from Wusa to Qujing. He first sent a messenger into the city to report the news, announcing that 300,000 Ming reinforcements were coming.

The Courier was deliberately captured by the barbarians so that the barbarian leader could see the letters he was carrying.

Yang Tho and others saw that the letter was really true, they were already hopeless in attacking the city, and now they completely lost the courage to besiege the city, so they withdrew to Anning, Jinning and other places overnight to defend, and Kunming was besieged.

Mu Ying and Feng Cheng joined forces to follow and pursue, killing more than 60,000 of their people, and forcing Yang Tho to lead the remnants to escape.

The Ming army hated Yang Tho and others very much, and still pursued them relentlessly, and finally captured them in Wumeng Mountain two months later. The forty-eight Tusi who followed Yang Tho in rebellion were also all removed, and all the subordinates were killed......

Yunnan in the winter of the fifteenth year of Hongwu was shrouded in blood.

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And these have nothing to do with Yu Min. After returning to the city, he was admitted to the military hospital, and he was still in the same ward where he was recuperating quietly.

Niu Deputy Baihu and Wang Zongqi, as well as the brothers in the banner, all came to see him, and found that this kid had become more reticent. He can play with a thin bone all day long, from morning till night, without saying a word.

Qi Xiang's death caused an unimaginable blow to Yu Min, and the whole person collapsed.

Deputy Niu Baihu discussed with Deputy Zhang Qianhu and added Yu Min's name to the list of the next batch of returning soldiers, so that he could leave this damn place.

(End of chapter)